The Circus |
Digital Short
Explore today's social circus movement through the eyes of Sidney “Iking” Bateman.
8 MIN 31 SEC
The Circus |
Digital Short
Within a decade, the Ringling Brothers went from being a tiny regional circus to this large circus that's traveling across the country.
1 MIN 14 SEC
The Circus |
Digital Short
Mabel Stark was one of the 20th century's most famous big cat trainers.
1 MIN 22 SEC
The Circus |
Digital Short
Having started his circus during the Civil War, Adam Forepaugh became P.T. Barnum's biggest competitor.
1 MIN 00 SEC
The Circus |
Digital Short
Phineas Taylor Barnum, properly known as P.T. Barnum, was a showman.
1 MIN 23 SEC
Digital Short
Seemingly impervious to injury or illness, Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig never missed a game. But in the spring of 1939, his play began to deteriorate. On July 4th, he gave a farewell speech to a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium.
2 MIN 30 SEC
Digital Short
Nearly two decades before the NBA, a team of African American basketball players from Chicago began touring the Midwest as the Harlem Globetrotters.
3 MIN 32 SEC
RFK |
Digital Short
Just two months before Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot in Los Angeles, he delivered the news of Dr. King’s assassination to a crowd in Indianapolis.
2 MIN 32 SEC
Freedom Riders |
Digital Short
In 1961, the Freedom Riders were arrested and sent to Mississippi’s Parchman Prison.
2 MIN 50 SEC
Digital Short
In 1925, the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes pit traditional Christian beliefs against evolution.
2 MIN 25 SEC
The Fight |
Digital Short
Max Schmeling convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to attend the 1936 Olympic games.
1 MIN 13 SEC
The Island Murder |
Digital Short
The Hawaiian people had done everything in their power not to be annexed by the United States.
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