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![Watch Film Voice Freedom canonical.jpg]( "VOICE OF FREEDOM: Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.")
VOICE OF FREEDOM: Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial. -
![Sandra Day O'Connor: The First]( "THE GILDED AGE: Meet the titans and barons of the glittering late 19th century, whose materialistic extravagance contrasted harshly with the poverty of the struggling workers who challenged them.")
THE GILDED AGE: Meet the titans and barons of the glittering late 19th century, whose materialistic extravagance contrasted harshly with the poverty of the struggling workers who challenged them. -
![Watch Film Canonical Oppenheimer.jpg]( "THE TRIALS OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER: A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.")
THE TRIALS OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER: A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. -
![Watch Film Busing Canonical.jpg]( "THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND: The class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order.")
THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND: The class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order. -
![Watch Film Harvest Canonical.jpg]( "THE HARVEST: INTEGRATING MISSISSIPPI'S SCHOOLS: Explore what happened when the small Mississippi town of Leland integrated its public schools in 1970.")
THE HARVEST: INTEGRATING MISSISSIPPI'S SCHOOLS: Explore what happened when the small Mississippi town of Leland integrated its public schools in 1970. -
![Watch Film Stonewall Canonical.jpg]( "STONEWALL UPRISING: The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement.")
STONEWALL UPRISING: The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement. -
![Watch-Film-American-Oz-Canonical.jpg]( "AMERICAN OZ: Explore the life and times of L. Frank Baum, creator of the beloved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.")
AMERICAN OZ: Explore the life and times of L. Frank Baum, creator of the beloved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. -
![Watch Film Diplomat Canonical.jpg]( "THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT: Three Black diplomats who broke racial barriers at the State Department during Cold War.")
THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT: Three Black diplomats who broke racial barriers at the State Department during Cold War. -
![Watch Film Flood Desert Canonical.jpg]( "FLOOD IN THE DESERT: Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history.")
FLOOD IN THE DESERT: Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. -
![Watch Film Plague Golden Gate Canonical.jpg]( "PLAGUE AT THE GOLDEN GATE: The gripping story of the race against time to save San Francisco and the nation from an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900.")
PLAGUE AT THE GOLDEN GATE: The gripping story of the race against time to save San Francisco and the nation from an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900. -
![Watch Film Big Burn canonical.jpg]( "THE BIG BURN: In the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies")
THE BIG BURN: In the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies -
![Watch Film Zora Canonical .jpg]( "ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE: The influential author and anthropologist whose work reclaimed and honored Black life.")
ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE: The influential author and anthropologist whose work reclaimed and honored Black life. -
![Watch-Film-Ruby-Ridge-canonical.jpg]( "RUBY RIDGE: A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.")
RUBY RIDGE: A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement. -
![Taken-Hostage_2800x1576.jpg]( "TAKEN HOSTAGE: Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Unfolding like a political thriller, the story is told through the eyewitness accounts of those who took part in the events.")
TAKEN HOSTAGE: Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Unfolding like a political thriller, the story is told through the eyewitness accounts of those who took part in the events. -
![film-boys-36_yIalBr7.jpg]( "THE BOYS OF '36: The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by storm when they captured the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.")
THE BOYS OF '36: The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by storm when they captured the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. -
![Watch Film T-Town Canonical.jpg]( "GOIN' BACK TO T-TOWN: Revisit a thriving Black community in Tulsa, which rebuilt after a 1921 racially-motivated massacre.")
GOIN' BACK TO T-TOWN: Revisit a thriving Black community in Tulsa, which rebuilt after a 1921 racially-motivated massacre. -
![Watch Film Sun Queen canonical.jpg]( "THE SUN QUEEN: Unsung scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun.")
THE SUN QUEEN: Unsung scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. -
![Watch Film Roberto canonical.jpg]( "ROBERTO CLEMENTE: An exceptional baseball player and committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination to become baseball’s first Latino superstar.")
ROBERTO CLEMENTE: An exceptional baseball player and committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination to become baseball’s first Latino superstar. -
![Watch Canonical Zoot.jpg]( "ZOOT SUIT RIOTS: In June 1943, the murder of a young Mexican-American man ignited a firestorm in the City of the Angels.")
ZOOT SUIT RIOTS: In June 1943, the murder of a young Mexican-American man ignited a firestorm in the City of the Angels. -
![TheLieDetector_2800x1576.jpg]( "THE LIE DETECTOR: The story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. A tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.")
THE LIE DETECTOR: The story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. A tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.
