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Trailer | The Riot Report
2:20
When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate.
Trailer | Plague at the Golden Gate
1:46
How the bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco.
Chapter 1 | Roberto Clemente
10:58
Watch a preview of Roberto Clemente.
Trailer | The American Diplomat
1:46
Explores the lives and legacies of three African American ambassadors.
Zoot Suit Riots Teaser
0:30
In 1942, the murder of a young Mexican-American man ignited a firestorm in Los Angeles.
Trailer | American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2:00
The little-known story of the deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’etat in Wilmington, NC.
Malcolm X Challenges Martin Luther King's Goals
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Malcolm X challenges Martin Luther King's vision of equality.
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Could a single book inspire deadly terror?
Will Kansas Be a Free Soil State?
1:26
In 1856, disagreements about whether Kansas would be a free or slave state grew violent.
Chapter 1 | The Lie Detector
10:24
The story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern justice.
Dr. Joseph Kinyoun
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Dr. Joseph Kinyoun was a leader in the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases.
Snapshot: America in the 1970s
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A snapshot of each year from 1970 to 1979.
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