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  Film

  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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  Fidel Castro | Article

  Views on Cuba

  There are almost as many views about Cuba's past, present, and future as there are individuals. Read four divergent perspectives.

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  Dinosaur Wars | Timeline

  American Paleontology in the 19th Century

  Clark spends three weeks at Big Bone Lick in America's first organized vertebra paleontology expedition. He uncovers a significant cache of bones of creatures presumably drawn to the area by a salt lick.

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  New Orleans | Timeline

  Timeline: New Orleans

  A timeline looking through the history of New Orleans' past.

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  The Island Murder | Article

  Thalia Massie's Alleged Assault

  During the time Thalia claimed the assault had taken place, the young men were involved in a traffic dispute on another street.

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  Goin' Back To T-Town | Article

  A Walk Along Black Wall Street

  The Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma was once a Mecca for African American business. Then came the racist mob.

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  The Secret of Tuxedo Park | Article

  Tower House Science Squad

  These are the men who visited what Albert Einstein called a “palace of science” — a lab where the greatest scientists from around the world came to work and exchange ideas.

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  The Mormons | Article

  Interview: Jon Butler

  Jon Butler is Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus at Yale University.  Butler describes the complex origins of Joseph Smith and his early church, the historical background from which both emerged, and why portions of the church's history remain problematic for its leaders and members. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on May 16, 2006.

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  The Vote | Article

  Polygamy, Statehood and the First Woman to Vote

  Utah’s complicated suffrage history reaches into modern day.

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  Jesse James | Primary Source

  Newspaper Accounts

  James was certainly aware of the power of the press, writing directly to newspapers to tell his side of the story and amplify his legend. 

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  Voice of Freedom | Article

  Who Owns a Monument?

  How the Lincoln Memorial became a symbol for civil rights.

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  Eyes on the Prize | Article

  People Of The Civil Rights Movement: Part 1

  Learn about key figures during the civil rights movement.

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  Reagan | Primary Source

  The Brotherhood of Man

  One year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Ronald Reagan dedicated Breakthrough, a structure sculpted from eight sections of the Berlin Wall, as the centerpiece of the Westminster College Cold War Memorial. 

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  Stephen Foster | Article

  Musical Movements: Impact, Influence and Issues

  African American music in Stephen Foster's time, Uncle Tom's Cabin takes the nation by storm, Stephen Foster backs Pennsylvania Democrat James Buchanan and the Yale Glee Club nixes Foster.

   

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  Eyes on the Prize | Article

  Milestones Of The Civil Rights Movement

  Take a closer look at milestones that occured during the civil rights movement.

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  The Berlin Airlift | Timeline

  The Berlin Airlift

  President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany.

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  Murder at Harvard | Behind the Scenes

  Webster's Laboratory

   Tour the set of Webster's laboratory — the scene of the crime — with the film crew.

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  FDR | Primary Source

  New Deal a Square Deal for the Negro?

  An African American journal, Opportunity, examines New Deal policies and calls for fair treatment for blacks.

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  Film

  Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

  Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.

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  Film

  LBJ

  LBJ exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs through Congress with astounding success, but his visions of a Great Society were swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam.