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  Alexander Hamilton | Article

  Take the Citizenship Test

  See how you do with some of the questions a petitioning citizen must answer.

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  Eisenhower

  Dwight D. Eisenhower was one of America's least understood presidents. Part of the award-winning collection The Presidents.

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  Vietnam: A Television History

  A six-year project from conception to completion, Vietnam: A Television History carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of a controversial but intriguing war. From the first hour through the last, the series provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues.

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  Eyes on the Prize

  Eyes on the Prize is an award-winning 14-hour television that covers all of the major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985., including the Montgomery bus boycott in 1954 to the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

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  John and Abigail Adams | Article

  The Vice Presidency of John Adams

  In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. 

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  Nixon | Timeline

  Nixon's China Visit, 1972

  A day-by-day itinerary of Nixon's trip to China.

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  1964

  America came apart in 1964 and has since been reborn.

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  Nixon's China Game | Article

  The Nixons' Tour

  The president and Mrs. Nixon toured China for seven days in 1972. 

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  The Riot Report

  When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a commission to find the cause for the unrest. Their findings offered an unvarnished assessment of American race relations.

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  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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  Dolley Madison

  She defined the role of the President's wife, became America's first First Lady, and in the process changed the face of the American presidency.

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  Murder of a President | Article

  Who's Who

  Meet the central characters of Murder of a President.

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  The American Diplomat

  Explore the lives and legacies of three African American ambassadors who broke racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations and left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.

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  John and Abigail Adams

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

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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.

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  Gerald R. Ford

  Gerald Ford, who had never entered a national election, succeeded to both the vice presidency and the presidency without having received a single vote.

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  Billy Graham

  Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century. An international celebrity by age 30, he built a media empire, preached to millions worldwide, and had the ear of tycoons, presidents and royalty.

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  The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

  In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.

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  The Movement and the “Madman”

  Discover the story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement. Told through firsthand accounts, the film reveals how movement leaders mobilized disparate groups to create two massive protests that changed history.

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  Billy Graham | Image Gallery

  Mr. President, Meet Billy Graham

  The famed evangelist met with every U.S. president from Truman to Trump.