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  The Quiz Show Scandal | Timeline

  100 Years of Crime

  Timeline of 100 years of crime from 1896 to 1996.

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  Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | Article

  Race and the Peoples Temple

  Peoples Temple welcomed people of every race and ethnicity. The racial integration became self-fulfilling at some point; the congregation itself became the draw.

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  Miss America | Article

  Breaking the Color Line

  Read about the pageant's long history of excluding women of color and the 1968 protest.

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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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  Article

  1968 | This Guy’s In Love With You by Herb Alpert

  Some songs perfectly capture their moment. We’re not here to talk about one of those songs.

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  Film

  America 1900

  America 1900 presents a comprehensive picture of what life was like in the United States at the turn of the century.

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  Eyes on the Prize | Article

  Responses Coming from the Civil Rights Movement

  Learn about some of the important events that took place during the civil rights movement.

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  Film

  Oklahoma City

  Explores how a series of deadly encounters between American citizens and federal law enforcement — including the standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco — led to the the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history.

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  Film

  God in America

  Inside the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America — from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and FRONTLINE. This six-hour series examines how religious dissidents helped shape the American concept of religious liberty and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation's courts and political arena.

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  Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | Timeline

  Timeline: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

  A timeline of relevent events that took place between 1964 — 2003.

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  Malcolm X: Make it Plain | Timeline

  Timeline of Malcolm X's Life

  A timeline of Malcolm X's life.

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  Film

  The Great War

  Discover how WWI transformed America through the stories of those whose participation in the war to “make the world safe for democracy” has been largely forgotten.

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  Film

  TR

  Author, soldier, scientist, outdoorsman and caring father, he was the youngest man to become president. Part of the award-winning Presidents collection.

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  Film

  Alexander Hamilton

  The underappreciated genius who laid the groundwork for the nation's modern economy — including the banking system, Wall Street, and an "opportunity society" in which talent and hard work, not birth, determined success.

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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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  The Rockefellers | Timeline

  The Rockefellers

  Under pressure from his father, John D. Rockefeller drops out of high school two months shy of commencement. 

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  Freedom Riders | Article

  Meet the Players: Freedom Riders

  Meet the Freedom Riders.

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  Film

  George W. Bush

  The latest in our award-winning series of presidential biographies, this film looks at the life and presidency of George W. Bush, from his unorthodox road to the presidency to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the myriad of challenges he faced over his two terms, from the war in Iraq to the 2008 financial crisis.

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  God in America | Article

  The Black Church

  Read about the Black Church in America in this feature written by Marilyn Mellowes. Mellowes was principally responsible for the research and development of the series God in America and has served as its series producer.

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  Film

  Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided

  The six-part story of a frontiersman farmer and a wealthy Confederate slave-owner's daughter.