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The Presidents: Reagan (Part 2)

Season 10 Episode 11

The second part of Ronald Reagan, who left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century — and one of the most controversial.

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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
The Gilded Age
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Rachel Carson
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The woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.
The Boys of '36
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The story of nine young men from Washington who captured gold at the 1936 Olympic Games.
The Big Burn
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In the summer of 1910, the largest fire in American history raged in the Northern Rockies.
Jesse Owens
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His stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympics captivated the world and infuriated the Nazis.
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The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement.
The Great Famine
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The story of the American effort to relieve starvation in 1921 Soviet Russia.
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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The man behind the atomic bomb is put on trial for suspected communist ties in 1954.
Roberto Clemente
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The exceptional life and career of Puerto Rican baseball star Roberto Clemente.
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