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  Earth Days | Timeline

  The Modern Environmental Movement

  Explore a timeline of the environmental movement from 1948 to 1990.

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  Panama Canal | Timeline

  Creating the Canal

  Forty five years after the U.S. first considered building it, the Panama Canal opened to the public. Explore a timeline of events.

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  Film

  The Rockefellers

  Head of the most powerful family in America, billionaire John D. Rockefeller's vast philanthropy changed his family's reputation.

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  Clinton | Article

  Christiane Amanpour

  Christiane Amanpour was famous for asking Bill Clinton about his "flip flop" tendencies in Bosnia. Read the full transcript of her interview. 

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  Film

  Taken Hostage

  Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Unfolding like a political thriller, the story is told through the eyewitness accounts of those who took part in the events.

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  Victory in the Pacific | Article

  Online Forum

  A panel of experts answered online questions on the end of the war in the Pacific.

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  Freedom Riders | Article

  Meet the Players: Freedom Riders

  Meet the Freedom Riders.

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  Film

  Walt Disney

  An unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America's most enduring and influential storytellers.

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  Fidel Castro | Timeline

  Post-Revolution Cuba

  Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's forces entered Havana in January 1959. The country would never be the same.

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  Film

  Taken Hostage (español)

  La crisis de los rehenes en Irán en 1979, cuando 52 estadounidenses fueron tomados como rehenes en Teherán, contada por aquellos cuyo calvario cautivó al mundo.

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  God in America | Article

  God in the White House

  From Washington to Obama—the presidents' religious beliefs and their impact on politics.

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  Jimmy Carter | Primary Source

  Crisis of Confidence

  Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on July 15, 1979.