History

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Slavery by Another Name
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Slavery by Another Name

Slavery by Another Name explores the continuation of slavery long after the Emancipation Proclamation. Challenging the preconceived notion that slavery ended in the United States at the conclusion of the American Civil War, t...
In Search of History: The Aztec Empire
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In Search of History: The Aztec Empire

In Search of History: The Aztec Empire presents a comprehensive profile of the ancient American people known as the Aztecs, from their beginnings as a group of around 1,000 people to their ascension as the dominant culture of...
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, tells the story of the rescue of more than 10,000 Jewish children from persecution in Nazi Germany. They were transported from Aust...
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
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Waco: The Rules of Engagement

In 1993, a 51-day standoff in Waco, Texas, between US law enforcement and the religious sect known as the Branch Davidians resulted in the deaths of more than 75 members of the group and four federal agents. Led by David Kore...
Stealing a Nation
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Stealing a Nation

Stealing a Nation recounts the expulsion of the indigenous population of the Chagos Islands in the 1960s and 1970s by the British government. Whitehall cleared the way for the US military to build an airbase on Diego Garcia,...
The Jewish Americans
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The Jewish Americans

The history of Jewish Americans goes back to before the founding of the United States itself. As early as 1654, Jewish immigrants were working alongside English, French and German immigrants to begin building the nation that...