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  Malcolm X: Make it Plain | Article

  The Autobiography of Malcolm X

  It was a literary rarity; an "autobiography" written by someone else, an intimate look into the life of an internationally known man.

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  The Island Murder | Article

  Grace Hubbard Fortescue (1883-1979)

  In Fortescue's mind, killing a man to save her daughter's reputation was completely and undeniably justified.

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  The Alaska Pipeline | Article

  U.S. and Global Oil Consumption

  When oil was doscivered in Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope of Alaska, it was the single largest field ever found in North America.

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  The Transcontinental Railroad | Article

  Mark Hopkins

  Earnestness and frugality combined with a slight gray beard to earn Hopkins the nickname "Uncle Mark." But the unthreatening exterior disguised a resolute mind. 

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  The Transcontinental Railroad | Article

  Theodore Judah

  Theodore Judah and the American railroad matured together. In 1854 Judah found himself invited to a New York meeting. Returning home, he informed his wife, "Anna, I am going to California to be the pioneering railroad engineer of the Pacific coast."

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  The Great Fever | Article

  Walter Reed (1851-1902)

  Walter Reed is known today for the Army medical center that bears his name. But a century ago he was known as the Army officer who helped defeat one of the great enemies of the time: yellow fever.

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  Streamliners: America's Lost Trains | Article

  Interstate Commerce Act

  In 1887, Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation. 

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  Mr. Miami Beach | Article

  Al Capone

  Al Capone got an icy reception when he arrived in Miami Beach in 1928.

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  John and Abigail Adams | Article

  Biography: Benjamin Franklin

  Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination.

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  RFK | Article

  Hickory Hill: RFK's Virginia Home

  The true center of the Kennedy political dynasty in the '50s and '60s was Hickory Hill, the Virginia home of Robert and Ethel Kennedy.

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  Ulysses S. Grant | Article

  Kids in the Civil War

  When war broke out in 1861, kids across the North and the South said goodbye to their fathers, brothers, uncles, and cousins — or joined the military themselves.

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  The Island Murder | Article

  Joseph Kahahawai's Murder

  The accused readily admitted they had kidnapped their victim, and shot him in the course of an interrogation.

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  Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | Article

  Russell Little

  From an unremarkable working-class boyhood, Russ Little became a key member of the headline-grabbing Symbionese Liberation Army.

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  The Man Behind Hitler | Article

  World War II Propaganda

  Goebbels promoted the Nazi message through art, music, theater, films, books, radio, and the press, and censored all opposition.

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  The Berlin Airlift | Article

  Lucius Clay

  Lucius Clay graduated from West Point in 1918 and became a military engineer, rising through the ranks to become the Army's youngest brigadier general in World War II.

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  Hijacked! | Article

  The Six Day War

  Although it established Israel's military dominance over neighboring Arab states, the Six Day War also gave rise to an increasing militancy among Palestinian guerrillas determined to find new battlefields.

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  Film

  American Oz

  Explore the life and times of L. Frank Baum, creator of the beloved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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  Film

  Around the World in 72 Days

  At the age of nineteen, Nellie Bly talked her way into an improbable job on a newspaper, then went on to become known as "the best reporter in America." The daring Bly continually risked her life to grab headlines. To expose abuse of the mentally ill, she had herself committed. When she traveled around the world in just 72 days, beating Jules Verne's fictional escapade, she turned herself into a world celebrity.

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  Why We Still Love Lucy

  Lucille Ball is best known as a comedienne, but her career didn’t start out that way. A biographer answers a few questions about the comic icon.

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  The Riot Report | Article

  Your Own Backyard - The Riot Report

  There are over 300 PBS Stations across the country, with many sharing history right from their own backyard. Check out more stories of racial injustice and resilence from Ohio, North Carolina, New York, California, Minnesota, Alabama and Wisconsin.