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  The American Diplomat | Digital Short

  Reframing The March on Washington

  In August 1963, Edward R. Murrow, head of the United States Information Agency, began producing a documentary about the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But as the project neared completion, Murrow was losing a battle with cancer. President Lyndon B. Johnson tasked a groundbreaking diplomat, Carl Rowan, with seeing the project through.

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  Mount Rushmore | Timeline

  Carving Mount Rushmore

  The Governor of South Dakota signed the Mount Harney bill, allowing for the carving of a monument in Custer State Park in 1925. 

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  The Circus | Article

  Animal Welfare and the Circus: The Jack London Club

  The Jack London Club objected to not only the mistreatment of animals but training them for entertainment rather than allowing them to live apart from humanity in the wild. This would have far-reaching repercussions for the most popular entertainment of the early 20th century — the circus.

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  Film

  Soundtrack for a Revolution

  The story of the American civil rights movement is told through its powerful music -- the freedom songs that protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in police wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality.

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  War of the Worlds | Timeline

  Breaking News of the 1930s

  By the 1930s, the radio was becoming a staple in American homes. Now people didn't have to wait for the evening paper — breaking news came right into their living rooms.

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  Eleanor Roosevelt | Article

  Eleanor's Family Tree

  Eleanor and Franklin were cousins, but how closely related were they, and how were they related to President Theodore Roosevelt? 

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  The Man Who Tried To Feed The World | Article

  ‘No Silver Bullet Solution’: Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution

  Danielle Nierenberg discusses how the renowned agronomist's revolution wasn’t so green after all.

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  MacArthur | Article

  The Secret Payment

  One of the most controversial moments in the controversial life of Douglas MacArthur came in early 1942, when he received $500,000 from the Philippine government.

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  George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire | Article

  1968 Campaign

  Wallace needed a substantial war chest to sustain his campaign against Nixon.

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  Building the Alaska Highway | Timeline

  Alaska from Russian Colony to U.S. State

  Learn about Alaska's history from 1932 up to 2010.

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  Clinton | Clip

  Bill Clinton and the Bosnian Crisis

  When Bosnian Serb soldiers murdered thousands of Muslims in 1995, President Clinton initiated a NATO response.

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  The Rise and Fall of Penn Station | Article

  The Shifting Tunnels

  General Charles W. Raymond first reported the deeply troubling problem: the tunnels under the Hudson River were shifting.

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  The Kennedys | Article

  RFK

  Robert Kennedy was JFK’s most trusted adviser. 

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  Victory in the Pacific | Article

  The Costs of War

  President Harry Truman and his war advisers hotly discussed casualty estimates for a projected invasion. Congress and the public were solidly behind the war.

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  Streamliners: America's Lost Trains | Article

  The Burlington Zephyr

  Gliding through the Colorado Rockies, the "cruise ship on wheels" celebrated train travel, and was in turn celebrated in song by Hank Williams.

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  LBJ | Primary Source

  JFK Assassination

  LBJ vows to pursue Kennedy's legislative goals.

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  Film

  Minik

  In 1897, renowned Arctic explorer Robert Peary returned to New York from his latest Greenland expedition. At the request of anthropologist Franz Boas, he brought with him five polar Inuits for study at the American Museum of Natural History. Within months, four of them had fallen sick and died, leaving a seven-year-old boy named Minik to fend for himself in a foreign land. 

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  TR | Article

  Theodore Roosevelt and Women's Suffrage

  In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt came out for women's suffrage and became the great champion of women's rights. 

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  The Duel | Article

  George Washington

  George Washington, who led America through the Revolution and became its first president, might well have remained a Virginia farmer if the policies of King George III of England had not intervened.

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  Race for the Superbomb | Article

  The Korean War

  The Korean War provided the first confrontation between two nuclear powers. And as the war progressed the conflict demonstrated how difficult it would be for either side to use atomic bombs decisively in battle.