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Plague at the Golden Gate (Chinese)

Aired May 24, 2022 | 113 min

收看這段令人全神貫注的故事: 1900年，淋巴腺鼠疫驚現舊金山，為拯救全城甚至全國的人民，抗疫行動刻不容緩。

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The Chinese Exclusion Act

Aired May 29, 2018 | 120 min

The 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.

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From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case. The little-known story of the Mexican American lawyers who took Hernandez v. Texas to the Supreme Court, challenging Jim Crow-style discrimination.

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Remember the Alamo

Aired February 2, 2004

In the early 1830s Texas was about to explode. Although ruled by Mexico, the region was home to more than 20,000 U.S. settlers agitated by what they saw as restrictive Mexican policies. Mexican officials, concerned with illegal trading and immigration, were prepared to fight hard to keep the province under their control. Caught in the middle were the area's 4,000 Mexican Texans or Tejanos.

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Chicago: City of the Century

Aired January 13, 2003 | 120 min

Bringing to life the Windy City's rich mixture of cultures, its writers and journalists, its political corruption and labor upheavals, this film bears witness to the creation of one of the most dynamic and vibrant cities in the world.

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Zoot Suit Riots

Aired April 15, 2023 | 53 min

In June 1943 the murder of a young Mexican-American man ignited a firestorm in the City of the Angels. In no time at all, ethnic and racial tensions that had been building up over the years boiled over.
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New York: A Documentary Film

Aired November 14, 1999

This seven-part, 14 and a half hour television event explores New York City's rich history as the premier laboratory of modern life. A sweeping narrative covering nearly 400 years and 400 square miles, it reveals a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals. This program was produced before the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

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The Iron Road

Aired November 26, 1990

In 1862, the Congress passed the first of several Railroad Acts, choosing a route which went from Omaha to Sacramento — much of it an old pioneer trail-- and naming the two companies to be responsible for the construction of the railroad: the Central Pacific, building from the West, and the Union Pacific, building from the East.

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