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The Luckiest Man
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The Luckiest Man
Seemingly impervious to injury or illness, Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig never missed a game.
Eugene O'Neill: Playwright and Nobel laureate
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Eugene O'Neill: Playwright and Nobel laureate
Pulitzer prize winner & Nobel laureate, Eugene O’Neill revolutionized the American stage.
First White Settlers in Hawai’i
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First White Settlers in Hawai’i
The first white Americans to settle in the Islands arrived in the 1820s.
The U.S. In Hitler's Olympics
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The U.S. In Hitler's Olympics
Max Schmeling convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to attend the 1936 Olympic games.
The "Scopes Monkey Trial"
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The "Scopes Monkey Trial"
In 1925, the “Scopes Monkey Trial” pit traditional Christian beliefs against evolution.
Victims of Bonnie and Clyde
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Victims of Bonnie and Clyde
In April 1933, the Barrow gang holed up in Joplin, Missouri for a break from the road.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
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United States v. Wong Kim Ark
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth.
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Chapter 1
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The Chinese Exclusion Act: Chapter 1
Watch Chapter 1 of The Chinese Exclusion Act.
The Acrobat
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The Acrobat
Explore today's social circus movement through the eyes of Sidney “Iking” Bateman.
P.T. Barnum: The Showman
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P.T. Barnum: The Showman
Phineas Taylor Barnum, properly known as P.T. Barnum, was a showman.
The Ringling Brothers
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The Ringling Brothers
The Ringling Brothers expanded from a tiny regional circus to this large traveling circus.
The Circus: Episode 2 Trailer
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The Circus: Episode 2 Trailer
Revisit the heyday of America’s traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
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