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The Vote

Aired October 28, 2023 | 3 hrs 46 min

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.

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The Eugenics Crusade

Aired October 16, 2018 | 114 min

The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.

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The Great War

Aired July 3, 2018 | 5 hrs 42 min

Discover how WWI transformed America through the stories of those whose participation in the war to “make the world safe for democracy” has been largely forgotten.

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Ruby Ridge

Aired June 13, 2023 | 53 min

A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.

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Rachel Carson

Aired July 1, 2023 | 113 min

An intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking writings revolutionized our relationship to the natural world and launched the modern environmental movement.

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Bonnie & Clyde

Aired May 9, 2017 | 52 min

The true story behind the most romanticized, infamous outlaw couple in U.S. history, and their gang.

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Freedom Summer

Aired April 8, 2023 | 113 min

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.

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Annie Oakley

Aired May 14, 2019 | 53 min

As the star attraction of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Annie Oakley thrilled audiences around the world with her shooting feats.

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Annie Oakley (español)

Aired May 14, 2019 | 53 min

Como la principal atracción del Show del Lejano Oeste de Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley emocionó al público de todo el mundo con sus hazañas de tiro.

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John and Abigail Adams

Aired January 23, 2006

A chronical of an inspiring political marriage, and the birth of a nation.

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Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

Aired May 23, 2005

In 1974, a militant, fringe political group kidnapped teenage newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst from her Berkeley apartment. In the months that followed, Hearst, the Symbionese Liberation Army (S.L.A.), and their constant, paramilitary audio messages dominated headlines globally.

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Mary Pickford

Aired April 4, 2005

It was the golden age of silent film, and she was the world's most celebrated actress. But she would learn that fame is fickle and life at the top is precarious.

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