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She Resisted

She Resisted explores the final decade of the women’s suffrage movement through its most powerful images, brought to life with color for the first time. Live through the epic 1913 Washington, D.C. procession, in which thousands of women took to the streets to demand their right to the franchise; thrill at Ida B. Wells’s successful voter registration drive; and admire suffragists’ commitment.

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Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space
1:52:24
The influential author and anthropologist whose work reclaimed and honored Black life.
The Lie Detector
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52:35
The story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern justice.
Part 2 |Taken Hostage | American Experience
1:51:34
The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.
Part 1 |Taken Hostage | American Experience
1:52:24
The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.
Plague at the Golden Gate
1:52:39
Discover how bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco
Earth Month
Flood in the Desert
52:45
Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history.
The American Diplomat
52:43
Three Black diplomats who broke racial barriers at the State Department during Cold War.
Riveted: The History of Jeans
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52:39
Discover the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment.
Part 2 |Citizen Hearst | American Experience
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1:52:04
William Randolph Hearst continued his rise to power and expansion into Hollywood.
Part 1 |Citizen Hearst | American Experience
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1:50:14
The life of William Randolph Hearst, who transformed the media’s role in American life.
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard, Spanish
1:52:49
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard with Spanish subtitles.
"Sandra Day O'Connor: The First" Key Art.
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1:51:28
Discover the story of the Supreme Court’s first female justice - Sandra Day O'Connor.
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