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The Codebreaker
Wife. Mother. Secret American Hero.
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Goin' Back to T-Town |
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Revisit a thriving Black community in Tulsa, which rebuilt after a 1921 racially-motivated massacre.
Roads to Memphis |
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Clayborne Carson discusses King's relationship to the Bible, his opinion of Marx, and the science fiction novel that helped shape his activism.
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How codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman faced off with rum runners and drug smugglers—and won.
The Codebreaker |
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For 50 years, her contributions to WWII intelligence were a secret. No longer.
The Codebreaker |
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The pioneering codebreakers never imagined what their work might lead to, but they had their fears.
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A Jewish immigrant from Russia, William F. Friedman became a codebreaker for the U.S. Government.
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Elizebeth Friedman’s codebreaking in WWII enabled the US to win the “Battle of the Atlantic”.
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The Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food manufacturers and their allies.
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A new telling of the story of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi—carried out by the Klan and enabled by police collusion and a Mississippi state spy agency.
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The history of America’s ongoing struggle with race, democracy and justice.
