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The Roosevelts
A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)
Season 1
Episode 7
Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt proves herself a shrewd politician and a skilled negotiator in her own right, as well as a champion of civil rights, civil liberties and the United Nations.
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Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.