Military Medicine - Beyond the Battlefield

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In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and archivist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Clan-friendly "The Birth of a Nation," unleashing a fight that still rages today about race relations, media representation and the power and influence of Hollywood. Based on Dick lehr's book, "Birth of a Movement: How 'Birth of a Nation' Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights" captures the backdrop to this presient clash between human rights, freedom of speech and a a changing media landscape.