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  Billy the Kid | Timeline

  The Life and Legend of Billy the Kid

  Although the identity of his father is uncertain, Henry probably lived alone with his mother in the slums of New York City.

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  Film

  The Perfect Crime

  The shocking story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two wealthy college students who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 1924 to prove they were smart enough to get away with it.

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  George H.W. Bush | Article

  Teacher's Guide

  This teacher's guide has been created to accompany the film, for use in classrooms and other learning spaces.

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  John Brown's Holy War | Article

  The gathering and John Brown's Fort

   A few miles outside Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), Brown and his men rented a farm as they prepared to launch their raid.

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  Film

  Murder of the Century

  In 1906, the murder of Stanford White, New York architect and man-about-town, by Harry Thaw, heir to a Pittsburgh railroad fortune, was reported "to the ends of the civilized globe"; much of the focus, however, was on Evelyn Nesbit, the beautiful showgirl in the center of the love triangle. It was a sensational murder story that had everything: money, power, class, love, rage, lust and revenge.

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  Fly Girls | Primary Source

  Letters and Articles Written by WASPS and WAFS

  Read an article written by Cornelia Fort, the first American woman pilot to die flying a military aircraft, and excerpts from Madge Rutherford Minton's and Mary Anna Martin Wyall's letters home.

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  The Bombing of Germany | Article

  Manfred Gräber

  Manfred Gräber was just a young boy during the bombing of Germany. 

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  Film

  The Cancer Detectives

  The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer—which was once the number one cancer killer of women.

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  Comic

  The Cryptanalyst Who Brought Down the Mob: Transcript

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  Vietnam: A Television History | Article

  The M.I.A. Issue

  Important questions that won't go away.

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  Scottsboro: An American Tragedy | Article

  The Scottsboro Accusers

  In 1931, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price falsely accused nine black youths of rape. 

   

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  Film

  The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth.

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  Film

  Mount Rushmore

  High on a granite cliff in South Dakota's Black Hills tower the huge carved faces of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

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  Eleanor Roosevelt | Article

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  A look at the life of the United States' 32nd president. 

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  Ulysses S. Grant | Timeline

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Timeline of Ulysses Grant, from his birth on April 27, 1822, to his death on December 14, 1902.

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  Remember the Alamo | Article

  An Alamo Visit

  Stephen L. Hardin is a history professor at The Victoria College in Victoria, Texas. Professor Hardin has served as a historical advisor for television and film productions on Texas history. Here, he answers questions about what it's like to visit the Alamo. 

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  Article

  Reading By Touch

  Helen Keller was a voracious reader — despite a mess of competing alphabets and a severe lack of accessible books.

   

   

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  Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | Article

  Jim Jones

  Jim Jones attracted a large following to his Peoples Temple through sermons on tolerance, social responsibility and community. 

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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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  Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided | Article

  Women: War and Writers

  Read about the women who served during the war in very different ways