Special Features
- Primary Resources: MVP
- Further Reading: Related Books and Websites
- Primary Resources: Plane Crash
- Primary Resources: 1960 World Series
- Interview: Orlando Cepeda
- Primary Resources: 1971 World Series
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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.
Annie Oakley
As the star attraction of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Annie Oakley thrilled audiences around the world with her shooting feats. Part of the Wild West collection.
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Simple Justice
The legal efforts by a team of African American lawyers to eradicate segregation ultimately led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
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The Pill
The story behind the development of the oral contraceptive that put women in control of birth control.
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Roots of Resistance - The Story of the Underground
Men and women, black and white, risked their lives to carve an elaborate network of escape routes out of slavery.
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A Family Gathering
The personal journey of three generations of a Japanese American family, including their stint in internment camps during World War II.
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U.S. Grant: Warrior
A revealing portrait of one of America's most paradoxical leaders.
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Seabiscuit
Thoroughbred racehorse Seabiscuit was the long shot that captured America's heart during the Depression.
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Soundtrack for a Revolution
The story of the American civil rights movement is told through its powerful music -- the freedom songs that protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in police wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality.
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