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From YouTube: Social Change in a Democracy, September 2019
Description
It's a modern-day history lesson, Biloxi-style. This is the BTV special presentation that looked to identify people and places from the 1951 Biloxi-filmed documentary, "Social Change in a Democracy." For more about the project, which was underwritten by The White House Hotel, visit www.biloxi.ms.us/white-house-to-present-interactive-biloxi-history-lesson/
A
Hello,
I'm
Susan
hunt,
a
lifelong
Biloxi
resident
longtime,
Biloxi
educator
and
I
love,
Biloxi
history.
We
here
at
the
beautiful
and
historic
White
House
Hotel
in
Biloxi,
where
history
and
elegance
meet
every
day
and
every
night
I
want
to
tell
you
about
a
cool
documentary
that
the
federal
government
created
in
the
1950s
I.
Think
it's
very
educational
and
it's
something
I
want
you
all
to
see.
A
B
Every
small
town
in
the
United
States
has
its
own
special
character.
It
is
unique,
quite
unlike
any
other
place
in
the
world,
but
in
a
larger
sense,
each
small
town
can
be
taken
as
typical
of
many
other
small
focal
points
of
population
in
America.
There
is
the
same,
easy
pace:
the
same
unity
of
culture,
tradition,
background,
a
cohesiveness
of
society.
Many
of
the
citizens
of
the
town
are
shopkeepers,
for
this
is
the
chief
shopping
center
for
the
surrounding
farm
country.
B
B
The
modern
high
school
serves
not
only
the
town
but
the
children
from
the
neighboring
farm
regions
as
well.
These,
then,
are
some
of
the
physical
components
of
the
tap,
but
here
in
the
high
school
we
may
find
some
other
elements,
less
tangible
ones,
perhaps
but
nonetheless,
essential
to
an
understanding
of
the
town
for
in
the
education
of
the
young.
The
pattern
of
a
culture
can
be
clearly
seen
what
students
in
a
social
science
class
learn
about
the
philosophy
of
government,
for
example,
can
tell
us
a
great
deal
about
of
people.
B
B
C
C
C
C
C
C
This
body
of
law
guarantees
freedom
of
speech
and
freedom
of
assembly
and
provides
in
voting
a
method
whereby
the
people,
through
their
representatives,
can
make
the
democratic
structures
serve
their
needs.
The
actual
business
of
government,
the
operating
of
the
workshop
is
usually
done
by
officials
selected
in
free
elections
by
the
majority
of
the
citizen.
C
B
The
teacher
has
finished
his
chalk
talk.
The
students
have
many
questions
to
ask.
Having
grown
up
under
the
Democratic
structure,
these
students
are
eager
to
learn
more
about
the
unfamiliar
system.
The
pyramid
system,
as
their
instructor,
calls
it.
When
the
question
is
raised
as
to
what
is
wrong
with
the
pyramid
system,
the
instructor
points
out
that,
while
such
a
system
can
be
effective
in
achieving
its
aims,
it
does
so
at
a
tremendous
cost.
D
D
D
D
D
This
reign
of
terror
was
the
natural
accompaniment
of
the
Nazi
dictatorship,
for
only
by
rigorous
oppression
of
his
opponents.
Can
a
dictator
ensure
stability
of
his
rule,
but
there
was
misery
and
Nazi
Germany.
Even
for
those
who
tested
Lee
supported
the
regime,
there
was
a
maximum
production
of
food,
but
not
for
civilians
and
women.
D
D
When
the
people
suffer,
the
nation
suffers
when
a
government
holds
the
welfare
of
the
state
superior
to
the
welfare
of
the
people.
The
people
become
nothing
the
nation
crumbles
and
disintegrates
to
lie
dormant
until
the
people
gather
strength
to
follow
back
the
difficult
path
to
recovery
and
democracy.
B
Yes,
the
film
was
a
shock,
but
the
instructor
thinks
it
has
answered
the
question
of
what
is
wrong
with
the
pyramid:
kind
of
government
ancient
Egypt
and
Nazi
Germany
were
both
able
to
solve
the
problems
of
social
change.
The
students
understand
now
at
what
a
cost
such
a
solution
is
made.
But
what
about
the
democratic
system?
How
does
such
systems
solve
the
problems
growing
out
of
social
change.
B
B
The
new
manufacturing
plant,
which
was
built
two
years
ago,
was
such
a
change.
The
problem
it
created
was
a
simple
one,
something
no
one
thought
of
as
part
of
the
plant's
operation,
a
waste
material
was
being
discharged
into
the
bay,
a
foreign
substance
pouring
into
the
water
for
two
years.
A
simple
thing:
no
one
had
noticed
it,
but
something
has
been
happening
in
the
nearby
waters
where
most
of
the
local
shrimp
fishermen
work.
B
B
B
B
B
B
The
investigators
hired
by
the
fishermen
get
to
work,
they
analyze
the
water
of
the
bay
and
they
test
the
waters
that
flow
into
the
bay
from
every
source,
natural
or
man-made.
Finally,
they
arrive
at
the
waste
disposal
outlet
of
the
new
manufacturing
company
they're.
Looking
for
a
substance
that
has
been
destroying
the
microscopic
organisms
on
which
the
shrimp
feed
the
shrimp
have
disappeared
because
their
food
supply
has
been
destroyed.
B
B
B
B
If
something
is
done
quickly,
if
the
destructive
chemicals
of
the
plant
are
kept
out
of
the
bay,
the
shrimp
may
come
back,
but
the
scientists
have
pointed
out
that
the
shrimp
will
be
lost
to
the
bay
forever
if
the
necessary
action
is
not
taken
at
once.
Knowing
this,
the
fishermen's
delegation
is
determined
to
make
its
mission
a
success.
B
B
B
F
G
F
B
F
B
Talks
about
the
Constitution,
the
legal
machinery
created
by
their
forefathers
to
put
right
such
unfair
hardships
has
now
beset
them
in
some
countries
he
is
saying
neither
the
fishermen
nor
the
plant
owners
would
have
anything
to
say
about
it.
The
authorities
would
just
have
one
side
or
the
other
thrown
into
a
concentration
camp
or
even
shocked,
but
it
doesn't
happen
that
way
here
in
the
United
States.
B
B
B
B
Finally,
the
Board
of
Selectmen
is
ready
to
act.
This
is
the
day
of
the
final
hearing
at
which
the
decision
of
the
board
will
be
announced.
The
high
school
class
in
social
studies
comes
to
the
meeting
tool.
Now
the
teacher
can
show
the
class
how
the
democratic
process
solves
a
problem
growing
out
of
social
change
in
their
own
community.
B
The
Board
of
Selectmen
has
prepared
carefully
for
this
meeting.
They
know
the
citizens
of
the
community
expect
them
to
provide
a
solution
for
the
problem
that
will
work
a
hardship
on
no
one.
The
solution
that
will
be
practical,
effective
and
just
the
chairman
of
the
board
begins
by
describing
what
he
and
his
fellow
select
men
have
discovered
in
the
course
of
their
investigations.
B
B
The
Chairman
introduces
one
of
his
fellow
select
men
who
has
made
a
detailed
study
of
the
existing
body
of
local
law
in
reporting
on
his
findings.
This
select
man
states
that
there
is
no
statute
in
the
local
law,
making
it
illegal
to
pollute
public
waters.
In
fact,
there
is
no
statute
whatsoever
dealing
with
the
problem
of
sewage
disposal.
B
B
B
As
the
additional
points
are
clarified,
it
becomes
clear
that
the
board
has
done
its
job.
Well,
what
began,
as
a
dispute
between
two
small
groups
in
the
community
has
grown
into
a
recognition
of
a
basic
evil
menacing
the
entire
community.
The
problem
has
been
solved
by
the
prompt
and
competent
action
of
the
democratically
elected
representatives
of
the
people,
a
concrete
example
of
how
people
solve
their
problems.
B
C
We
see
the
chief
difference
between
welfare
service
in
a
democracy
and
in
a
totalitarian
state.
Here
the
service
provided
this
new
sewage
disposal
plant
that
we
will
have,
for
example,
grows
out
of
the
people's
needs,
all
the
people
in
a
dictatorship.
This
might
have
turned
into
a
trial
with
either
the
fishermen
or
the
plant
being
penalized,
but
in
a
democracy,
all
the
people
must
be
considered
with
the
tradition
of
democratic
government
based
on
law,
based
on
a
well-defined
structure
of
how
to
do
things.
A
Thank
all
of
you
for
watching
social
change
in
a
democracy,
I'm
still
Susan
hunt
and
we're
still
coming
to
you
from
the
historic
White,
House
Hotel,
beautiful
showplace
on
the
beachfront
in
Biloxi.
Some
of
you
Oh
town
Biloxi
ends
like
me,
may
have
noticed
a
few
familiar
locations
and
even
a
few
familiar
faces
in
the
movie.
We
just
showed
you
might
have
seen
your
mother,
your
father,
other
relatives
or
a
person
that
owes
you
20
dollars
since
1950
Jimmie
Johnson
still
waiting
on
my
money.
There
was
old,
Biloxi
City
Hall.
A
There
was
the
old
Biloxi
high
school
on
Howard
Avenue,
which
I
graduated
from
in
1959.
That's
where
the
Biloxi
library
is
today
and
the
Civic
Center,
and
there
were
a
number
of
Biloxi
residents
who
appeared
in
this
documentary.
That's
what
I
think
is
so
cool
that,
for
whatever
reason
the
government
chose
to
film
this
documentary
in
our
Biloxi,
we
have
this
peek
into
our
history.
In
the
1950s.
You
see
plenty
of
old
pictures
from
the
50s
I'm,
even
in
a
few
of
them,
but
you
rarely
see
a
video
of
Biloxi
from
the
1950s
until
now.
A
A
They
appear
then
go
to
the
city,
Facebook
and
post
your
comments.
In
fact,
I
bet
you'll
already
see
some
comments
already
there
on
Facebook
have
some
fun
with
this
project,
help
us
document
our
history
or
else
I'm
going
to
keep
you
after
class
and
put
you
in
detention,
hey
I,
think
I'm
in
that
picture,
I'm
the
hot
one
and
now
here
is
social
change
in
a
democracy
with
the
time
stamp
pay
attention,
class.
B
Every
small
town
in
the
United
States
has
its
own
special
character.
It
is
unique,
quite
unlike
any
other
place
in
the
world,
but
in
a
larger
sense,
each
small
town
can
be
taken
as
typical
of
many
other
small
focal
points
of
population
in
America.
There
is
the
same,
easy
pace:
the
same
unity
of
culture,
tradition,
background,
a
cohesiveness
of
society.
Many
of
the
citizens
of
the
town
are
shopkeepers,
for
this
is
the
chief
shopping
center
for
the
surrounding
farm
country.
B
B
The
modern
high
school
serves
not
only
the
town
but
the
children
from
the
neighboring
farm
regions
as
well.
These
them
are
some
of
the
physical
components
of
the
town,
but
here
in
the
high
school
we
may
find
some
other
elements,
less
tangible
ones,
perhaps
but
nonetheless,
essential
to
an
understanding
of
the
town
for
in
the
education
of
the
young.
The
pattern
of
a
culture
can
be
clearly
seen
what
students
in
a
social
science
class
learn
about
the
philosophy
of
government,
for
example,
can
tell
us
a
great
deal
about
a
people.
B
B
C
C
C
C
C
C
This
body
of
law
guarantees
freedom
of
speech
and
freedom
of
assembly
and
provides
in
voting
a
method
whereby
the
people,
through
their
representatives,
can
make
the
democratic
structure
serve
their
needs.
The
actual
business
of
government,
the
operating
of
the
workshop
is
usually
done
by
officials
selected
in
free
elections
by
the
majority
of
the
citizens.
C
B
When
the
teacher
has
finished
his
chalk
talk,
the
students
have
many
questions
to
ask.
Having
grown
up
under
the
Democratic
structure,
these
students
are
eager
to
learn
more
about
the
unfamiliar
system.
The
pyramid
system,
as
their
instructor,
calls
it.
When
the
question
is
raised
as
to
what
is
wrong
with
the
pyramid
system,
the
instructor
points
out
that,
while
such
a
system
can
be
effective
in
achieving
its
aims,
it
does
so
at
a
tremendous
cost.
D
D
I
D
D
D
This
reign
of
terror
was
the
natural
accompaniment
of
the
Nazi
dictatorship,
for
only
by
rigorous
oppression
of
his
opponents.
Can
a
dictator
ensure
stability
of
his
rule,
but
there
was
misery
in
Nazi
Germany.
Even
for
those
who
tested
Lee
supported
the
regime,
there
was
a
maximum
production
of
food,
but
not
for
civilians
and
women.
D
D
When
the
people
suffer,
the
nation
suffers
when
a
government
holds
the
welfare
of
the
state
superior
to
the
welfare
of
the
people.
The
people
become
nothing
the
nation
crumbles
and
disintegrates
to
lie
dormant
until
the
people
gather
strength
to
follow
back
the
difficult
path
to
recovery
and
democracy.
B
Yes,
the
film
was
a
shock,
but
the
instructor
thinks
it
has
answered
the
question
of
what
is
wrong
with
the
pyramid:
kind
of
government
ancient
Egypt
and
Nazi
Germany
were
both
able
to
solve
the
problems
of
social
change.
The
students
understand
now
at
what
a
cost
such
a
solution
is
made.
But
what
about
the
democratic
system?
How
does
such
systems
solve
the
problems
growing
out
of
social
change.
B
The
new
manufacturing
plant,
which
was
built
two
years
ago,
was
such
a
change.
The
problem
it
created
was
a
simple
one,
something
no
one
thought
of
as
part
of
the
plant's
operation,
a
waste
material
was
being
discharged
into
the
bay,
a
foreign
substance
pouring
into
the
water
for
two
years.
A
simple
thing:
no
one
had
noticed
it,
but
something
has
been
happening
in
the
nearby
waters
where
most
of
the
local
shrimp
fishermen
work.
B
B
B
B
B
B
The
investigators
hired
by
the
fishermen
get
to
work,
they
analyze
the
water
of
the
bay
and
they
test
the
waters
that
flow
into
the
bay
from
every
source,
natural
or
man-made.
Finally,
they
arrive
at
the
waste
disposal
outlet
of
the
new
manufacturing
company
they're.
Looking
for
a
substance
that
has
been
destroying
the
microscopic
organisms
on
which
the
shrimp
feed
the
shrimp
have
disappeared
because
their
food
supply
has
been
destroyed.
B
B
B
B
If
something
is
done
quickly,
if
the
destructive
chemicals
of
the
plant
are
kept
out
of
the
bay,
the
shrimp
may
come
back,
but
the
scientists
have
pointed
out
that
the
shrimp
will
be
lost
to
the
bay
forever
if
the
necessary
action
is
not
taken
at
once.
Knowing
this,
the
fishermen's
delegation
is
determined
to
make
its
mission
a
success.
B
B
B
F
G
F
B
F
B
Talks
about
the
Constitution,
the
legal
machinery
created
by
their
forefathers
to
put
right
such
unfair
hardships
has
now
beset
them
in
some
countries
he
is
saying
neither
the
fishermen
nor
the
plant
owners
would
have
anything
to
say
about
it.
The
authorities
would
just
have
one
side
or
the
other
thrown
into
a
concentration
camp
or
even
shocked,
but
it
doesn't
happen
that
way
here
in
the
United
States.
B
B
B
B
Finally,
the
Board
of
Selectmen
is
ready
to
act.
This
is
the
day
of
the
final
hearing
at
which
the
decision
of
the
board
will
be
announced.
The
high
school
class
in
social
studies
comes
to
the
meeting.
Now
the
teacher
can
show
the
class
how
the
democratic
process
solves
a
problem
growing
out
of
social
change
in
their
own
community.
B
The
Board
of
Selectmen
has
prepared
carefully
for
this
meeting.
They
know
the
citizens
of
the
community
expect
them
to
provide
a
solution
for
the
problem
that
will
work
a
hardship
on
no
one,
a
solution
that
will
be
practical,
effective
and
just
the
chairman
of
the
board
begins
by
describing
what
he
and
his
fellow
select
men
have
discovered
in
the
course
of
their
investigations.
B
They
have
found
that
the
problem
of
water
pollution
is
a
serious
one,
threatening
not
only
the
livelihood
of
the
fisherman,
but
the
health
of
the
community
as
well.
Furthermore,
with
the
town
expanding
as
it
is,
the
problem
of
sewage
disposal
will
undoubtedly
increase
in
complexity,
as
time
goes
on.
B
The
Chairman
introduces
one
of
his
fellow
select
men
who
has
made
a
detailed
study
of
the
existing
body
of
local
law
in
reporting
on
his
findings.
This
select
man
states
that
there
is
no
statute
in
the
local
law,
making
it
illegal
to
pollute
public
waters.
In
fact,
there
is
no
statute
whatsoever
dealing
with
the
problem
of
sewage
disposal.
B
B
B
As
the
additional
points
are
clarified,
it
becomes
clear
that
the
board
has
done
its
job.
Well,
what
began,
as
a
dispute
between
two
small
groups
in
the
community
has
grown
into
a
recognition
of
a
basic
evil
menacing
the
entire
community.
The
problem
has
been
solved
by
the
prompt
and
competent
action
of
the
democratically
elected
representatives
of
the
people,
a
concrete
example
of
how
people
solve
their
problems.
B
C
We
see
the
chief
difference
between
welfare
service
in
a
democracy
and
in
a
totalitarian
state.
Here
the
service
provided
this
new
sewage
disposal
plant
that
we
will
have,
for
example,
grows
out
of
the
people's
needs,
all
the
people
in
a
dictatorship.
This
might
have
turned
into
a
trial
with
either
the
fishermen
or
the
plant
being
penalized,
but
in
a
democracy,
all
the
people
must
be
considered
with
a
tradition
of
democratic
government
based
on
law,
based
on
a
well-defined
structure
of
how
to
do
things.
A
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
watching
tonight.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
hosts
here
at
the
White
House
Hotel.
You
know
I
used
to
work
at
the
White
House
in
the
snack
bar
by
the
swimming
pool.
If
you
haven't
been
by
yet
you
really
need
to
come
in
and
see
this
historic
place
drop
by
chorus
for
a
bite
to
eat
and,
finally,
please
make
sure
to
go
to
the
city
Facebook
and
help
us
complete
this
assignment.