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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
September 12, 2023
Explore what happened when the small Mississippi town of Leland integrated its public schools in 1970. Told through the remembrances of students, teachers and parents, the film shows how the town – and America – were transformed.
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Trailer | Bombshell
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Bombshell explores how the US manipulated the narrative about the toll of the WWII atomic bombings....
Part 2 | Kissinger | American Experience
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Discover how Kissinger’s anti-Communism would shape U.S. foreign policy, from Vietnam to...
Part 1 | Kissinger | American Experience
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The life of the brilliant foreign policy powerbroker who shaped the world in which we live....
Hard Hat Riot
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The violent 1970 clash between student protestors and construction workers in downtown NY....
Clearing the Air: The War on Smog
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The story of L.A.’s noxious smog problem and the creation of the EPA and Clean Air Act.
Mr. Polaroid
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The story of Edwin Land, whose iconic Polaroid camera let everyone instantly chronicle their...
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
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The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
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The story of one of the most influential yet forgotten civil rights figures, Walter White....
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
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The little-known story of the deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’etat in Wilmington, NC....
The American Vice President
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A look at the US vice presidency, from constitutional afterthought to position of political...
The Riot Report
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When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate....
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
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The story of housewives who led a grassroots movement to galvanize the Superfund Bill.
The Cancer Detectives
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The untold story of the people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer.
Fly with Me
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The lively but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.
Nazi Town, USA
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The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930s....
The Busing Battleground
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Revisit 1970s Boston, when court-mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest.
Casa Susanna
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Casa Susanna was a refuge for transgender women and cross-dressing men in the 1950s-60s.
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