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  The Lobotomist

  In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill. But within a few years, lobotomy was labeled one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine.

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  Emma Goldman | Article

  Emma Goldman (1869-1940)

  For more than thirty years, she defined the limits of dissent and free speech in Progressive Era America.

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  The Mormons | Article

  The Path to Utah Statehood

  Mormon settlers began a westward exodus, escaping persecution, in the 1830s. When they arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake, outside the boundaries of the United States, in 1847, they finally found a home. Explore Utah's path to statehood.

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  JFK | Primary Source

  Civil Rights Announcement, 1963

  Following the forced desegregation of the University of Alabama, Kennedy calls for nationwide participation in addressing the "moral crisis" and guaranteeing that America is a "land of the free" for all citizens.

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  Chasing the Moon | Article

  Raised Fists and Lunar Rockets

  Black activists demanded the resources for space be brought back to earth.

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  Chicago: City of the Century | Timeline

  Timeline: Early Chicago History

  A timeline of early Chicago history.

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  Woodrow Wilson

  President Woodrow Wilson led America during World War I, created the Federal Reserve, and helped create the League of Nations. Part of the award-winning collection  The Presidents.

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  Truman

  An unknown politician from Missouri who suddenly found himself president, Harry Truman was the least prepared of all the men who had held the highest office, but he would prove to be a surprise — the unlikely rise of a gritty American original.

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  Citizen King | Map

  Civil Rights Hot Spots

  Explore civil rights hot spots on this map, and track the movement through its most tumultuous years.

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  New York: A Documentary Film | Article

  Interviews: Politicians

  Explore the views and passions of a few politicians, discussing how New York has inspired and nurtured them.

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  Mr. Miami Beach | Article

  Carl and Jane Fisher

  On Jane Fisher's first trip to Miami in 1910, her husband, Carl Fisher, drew a picture in the sand and told her, "'I'm going to build a city here.

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  Billy Graham | Article

  A Tale of Two Preachers

  The fraught relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Billy Graham.

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  Reagan | Primary Source

  Acceptance of the Republican Nomination for President

  On July 17, 1980, Ronald Reagan accepted the Republican Presidential nomination.

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  The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film | Timeline

  World Trade Center (1942-2002)

  A timeline of the World Trade Center, from conception through completion, and its destruction on September 11, 2001.

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  Film

  Nixon's China Game

  In February 1972, after a quarter-century of mutual antagonism between the United States and China, President Richard Nixon traveled to Beijing for an historic encounter with Chairman Mao Tse-tung.

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  Monkey Trial

  In 1925, a biology teacher named John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee state law. His trial became an epic event of the twentieth century, a debate over free speech that spiraled into an all-out duel between science and religion.

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  RFK | Article

  What if?

  It's one of the tantalizing questions in American history: what if Robert Kennedy had not been assassinated?

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  Article

  Rhetoric Revisited: FDR’s “Infamy” Speech

  A speechwriter dissects Franklin Roosevelt’s famous Pearl Harbor address.

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  Dinosaur Wars | Timeline

  American Paleontology in the 19th Century

  Clark spends three weeks at Big Bone Lick in America's first organized vertebra paleontology expedition. He uncovers a significant cache of bones of creatures presumably drawn to the area by a salt lick.

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  The Inaugural Address as Blueprint

  What six speeches told us about the presidents who gave them—and how they would run the country.