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  • American Coup: Wilmington 1898: Trailer Trailer
    American Coup: Wilmington 1898 | Trailer

    American Coup: Wilmington 1898: Trailer

    The little-known story of the deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’etat in Wilmington, NC.

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    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

    The little-known story of a deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white supremacists overthrew the multi-racial government of state’s largest city through a campaign of violence and intimidation.

    75 min
  • How important is a VP pick? Clip
    The American Vice President | Clip

    How important is a VP pick?

    Historian Michael Kazin, political scientist Christopher Devine and historian Adriane Lentz-Smith explore how the choice of a vice presidential candidate can shape a presidential campaign and a presidency itself.

  • POTUS vs. The Press Clip
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    POTUS vs. The Press

    Political scientist Yu Ouyang and professor Jeremi Suri speak with Kelly McBride, Senior Vice President at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, about how politicians and the press compete for public attention.

  • For Glory, Gold, and Country: Nationalism at the Olympic Games Clip
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    For Glory, Gold, and Country: Nationalism at the Olympic Games

    Sportswriter Dave Zirin and Assistant Professor Kendra Gage examine the political motives behind competing at and hosting the Olympics with historian Adriane Lentz-Smith.

  • The vice presidency isn't what the founding fathers thought it would be Digital Short
    The American Vice President | Digital Short

    The vice presidency isn't what the founding fathers thought it would be

    America’s first vice president, John Adams, called his job “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived.” But that would change dramatically over the next two and a half centuries. Discover how the vice presidency has evolved over time.

  • The American Vice President: Chapter 1 Chapter
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    The American Vice President: Chapter 1

    Watch a preview of The American Vice President.

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    Reagan (español): Part

    Una mirada a la vida de Reagan a través del testimonio de familiares, amigos, historiadores y biógrafos, Reagan fue producida con un acceso sin precedentes a la familia Reagan, incluyendo a Nancy Reagan y tres de los cuatro hijos de Reagan, el biógrafo Edmund Morris, miembros del círculo político íntimo de Reagan, su "Gabinete de California", y sus homólogos en el escenario mundial, incluyendo a la exprimera ministra británica Margaret Thatcher y al líder soviético Mijaíl Gorbachov.

    113 min
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    LBJ (español): Segunda Parte

    LBJ aprovechó su dominio del proceso legislativo para llevar con asombroso éxito al Congreso una serie de programas progresistas, pero su visión de una Gran Sociedad se hundió en el atolladero de Vietnam.

    111 min
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    LBJ: Part Two

    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.

    111 min
  • What happens when the president can’t move into the White House? Digital Short
    The American Vice President | Digital Short

    What happens when the president can’t move into the White House?

    When Gerald Ford and his family had to turn their home into The White House.

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    The American Vice President (español)

    ¿Qué sucede cuando el presidente no puede ejercer su cargo? Explore el dramático período entre 1963 y 1976, cuando un Estados Unidos afligido y luego azotado por los escándalos se vio obligado a definir el papel del vicepresidente y el proceso de sucesión.

    53 min