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The Student Leader: A Short Film from Freedom Riders
A student at Fisk University in Nashville, Diane Nash became the leader of the Nashville Student Movement. Fellow activists John Lewis, Ernest "Rip" Patton, Jr., Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr., and Julian Bond describe her commitment to nonviolence.
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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
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After attempting to commit the perfect crime, would two boys get the death penalty?
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In the 1950's a Polio outbreak swept the U.S., devastating communities nationwide.
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The man behind the atomic bomb is put on trial for suspected communist ties in 1954.
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The final months of WWII from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.
