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VOICE OF FREEDOM: Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
THE CODEBREAKER: The fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America.
THE VOTE: The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote.
ANNIE OAKLEY: As the star attraction of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Annie Oakley thrilled audiences around the world with her shooting feats.
EMMA GOLDMAN: A notorious lecturer, fearless writer, and merciless publisher, Goldman was one of the most controversial women in America.
FREEDOM RIDERS: The powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever.
FREEDOM SUMMER: A historic effort in the summer of 1964 to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states.
THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL: Emmett Till's murder and the acquittal of his killers mobilized the Civil Rights Movement.
JUBILEE SINGERS: Sacrifice and Glory: In the chaotic decade following the Civil War, a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, set out on a mission to save their financially troubled school by giving concerts.
THE FIGHT: In 1938, 70,000 fans crammed into Yankee Stadium to watch the rematch of African American heavyweight Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling.
CHASING THE MOON: “Chasing the Moon” reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort.
SEALAB: Sealab tells the little-known story of the daring program that tested the limits of human endurance and revolutionized undersea exploration.
THE POISON SQUAD: Government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley took on powerful food manufacturers and their allies to banish dangerous substances from dinner tables.
THE CIRCUS: The Circus explores the colorful history of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT: The 1882 law made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
MR. TORNADO: The remarkable story of the man whose groundbreaking work in research and applied science saved thousands of lives and helped Americans prepare for and respond to dangerous weather phenomena.
THE MAN WHO TRIED TO FEED THE WORLD: The man who would not only solve India’s famine problem but would go on to lead a “Green Revolution” of worldwide agriculture programs, saving countless lives.
THE BIG BURN: In the summer of 1910, wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies. It was the largest fire in American history.
THE EUGENICS CRUSADE: American eugenicists campaigned to breed a “better” American race and turned the science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.
THE PILGRIMS: The converging forces, circumstances, personalities and events that propelled a group of English men and women west across the Atlantic in 1620.
ROADS TO MEMPHIS: On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King.
MCCARTHY: The rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose zealous anti-communist crusade would test the limits of American decency and democracy.
THE ISLAND MURDER: In 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made an allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders.

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