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  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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  JFK

  Forever enshrined in myth by an assassin's bullet, Kennedy's presidency long defied objective appraisal. Part of the award-winning Presidents collection.

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  Jesse James

  He's one of America's most cherished myths... and one of its most wrong-headed. America's Robin Hood who robbed not only the rich but the poor and defenseless as well, always saving the treasure for himself.

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  Video Gallery

  How to Handle a Crisis?

  Watch these clips from the Presidents Collection to learn more about our domestic, as well as  international crisis.

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  Emma Goldman

  A notorious lecturer, fearless writer, and merciless publisher, Goldman was one of the most controversial women in America. 

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  Chasing the Moon

  Nearly 50 years ago, we took one small step. In 2019, join American Experience and PBS to relive the journey that defined a generation.

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  Race to the Moon

  On Christmas Eve 1968, one of the largest audiences in television history tuned in to an extraordinary sight: a live telecast of the moon's surface as seen from Apollo 8, the first manned space flight to orbit the moon.

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  Reagan

  A passionate ideologue who preached a simple gospel of lower taxes, less government, and anti-communism, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century — and one of the most controversial.

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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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  Race to the Moon | Article

  The Event that Saved 1968

  The success of the Apollo 8 mission in December of 1968 was a triumph that the nation and the world could appreciate.

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  Nixon

  The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust.

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  Dolley Madison | Image Gallery

  A Selection of Significant First Ladies

  Often called “the first First Lady,” Dolley Madison defined the role of the President’s wife and hostess.

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  Comic

  One Small Step, Part 1: Transcript

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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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  Freedom Riders | Article

  Meet the Players: Movement Leaders

  Meet the movement leaders featured in Freedom Riders.

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  RFK | Article

  RFK's Enemies

  Four adversaries dogged RFK: Communism, Fidel Castro, Jimmy Hoffa, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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  Woodstock

  In August, 1969, half a million people from all walks of life and every corner of the country converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York. They came to hear the concert of their lives, but most experienced something far more profound: a moment that would change them and the country forever, and define a cultural revolution. 

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  Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

  In 1978 over 900 people led by Rev. Jim Jones died in the largest mass murder-suicide in history, at Jonestown, Guyana. The story is told by survivors, Temple defectors, relatives, and journalists.

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  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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  George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire | Timeline

  George Wallace's Life

  A chronology of Wallace's life (1919-1998).