Special Features
- Primary Resources: 3,000th Hit
- Interview: His Family and His Legacy
- Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide
- Interview: Bernardo Ruiz
- Interview: Orlando Cepeda
- Primary Resources: Plane Crash
Born in Puerto Rico, Clemente was an exceptional baseball player and humanitarian whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change. He would die in a tragic plane crash.
Freedom Riders
A courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South.
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G-Men - The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover
Of all the alphabet agencies of the New Deal, none captured the public's imagination like J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.
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Citizen King
An African American minister whose dream of ending racism galvanized millions of Americans in the civil rights movement.
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Minik, the Lost Eskimo
In 1897, Arctic explorer Robert Peary caused a sensation when he returned from Greenland with five Eskimos.
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The Crash of 1929
The unbounded optimism of the Jazz Age and the shocking consequences when reality finally hit on October 29th, 1929.
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Secrets of a Master Builder
Engineer James Eads tamed the mighty Mississippi, turning New Orleans into the second largest port in the nation.
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Mary Pickford
Silent film actress Mary Pickford played a pivotal role in bringing Hollywood into the center of the motion picture industry.
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Hearts and Hands
Quilting and the intimate clues it yields about the lives of 19th century women.
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