It was scheduled to be released on the anniversary of the first earth day. In 1970. It has become famous as the crying indian video put out by a group called Keep America Beautiful foundation, or Keep America Beautiful organization. It is one minute long. Were just going to watch it. Here we go. [video clip] some people have a deep , abiding respect for the Natural Beauty that was once this country. And some people dont. People start pollution. People can stop it. Prof. Isenberg that is pretty crazy, isnt it . What do you think . Initial reactions . Is that Iron Eyes Cody . Prof. Isenberg i will get to that in a minute. Yes. It was a heartwrenching image for a lot of americans back then. Prof. Isenberg there is nothing ironic about how that was presented. It shows the contrast of how the native americans view the environment versus european settlers. Prof. Isenberg absolutely. Other thoughts about this . The video itself . [indiscernible] prof. Isenberg i was hoping somebody would say
April 1971. It was scheduled to be released on the anniversary of the first earth day. It has become famous as the crying indian video put out by keep america beautiful. It is one minute long. Were just going to watch it. Here we go. Some people have a deep respect for the Natural Beauty that was once this country. Some people dont. People start pollution. People can stop it. Prof. Isenberg that is pretty crazy, isnt it . What do you think . Initial reactions . I will get to that in a minute. It was a heartwrenching image for a lot of americans back then. Prof. Isenberg there is nothing ironic about how that was presented. The contrast of how the native americans view the environment. Prof. Isenberg other thoughts about this . [inaudible] prof. Isenberg i was hoping somebody would say that. The first 20 seconds of the advertisement you would not realize this is set in a modern time. Iron eyes is paddling a canoe down the river. Then there is a highway. There is all this garbage. Other
Children’s book publisher Phyllis Fogelman, a champion of books by Black authors and illustrators and mentor to many in the children’s book industry, died on December 18 at age 89.