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Civil Rights - Jim Crow Fights Back
Season 7 Episode 3
After the Brown V. Board of Education ruling, civil rights activists had legal standing to desegregate schools. But doing so proved dangerous. The fi…
7 years, 7 months ago
Civil Rights - Strides Towards Freedom
Season 7 Episode 2
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal, on a “separate but equal” basis. But for more than five decades, life for black and…
7 years, 7 months ago
Civil Rights - New World A’Comin
Season 7 Episode 1
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in much of the South. But the road to freedom—t…
7 years, 7 months ago
National Parks - Interview with Parks Superintendent Greg Dudgeon
Season 6 Episode 7
In 1980, Jimmy Carter signed into law the The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, or ANILCA. That act remains controversial even today, …
7 years, 7 months ago
National Parks - Fire and Ice
Season 6 Episode 6
Alaska: big, open, frozen and wild. In 1867, the acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire was widely derided as “folly.” Early explorers like Jo…
7 years, 8 months ago
National Parks - Playgrounds of the People
Season 6 Episode 5
In 1914, America’s National Parks had a problem: no one was using them. And those few that were faced unmaintained roads, trails strewn with garbage,…
7 years, 8 months ago
National Parks - The Great Disaster
Season 6 Episode 4
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the city of San Francisco was torn apart by a huge earthquake–but it was the subsequent fire…
7 years, 8 months ago
National Parks - Rough Rider
Season 6 Episode 3
Put out to pasture, thinking his political career over, Theodore Roosevelt was atop a mountain when he heard the news: an assassin’s bullet would lik…
7 years, 8 months ago
National Parks - Calling In The Cavalry
Season 6 Episode 2
Yellowstone was our nation’s first national park. Its strange, wondrous landscapes were perfect for exploration - and exploitation. Upon Yellowstone’…
7 years, 8 months ago
National Parks - The Business of Nature
Season 6 Episode 1
America's greatest National Parks are truly one of our country's greatest treasures. But many beautiful landmarks have ugly histories. Over the next …
7 years, 9 months ago