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Why the Hispanos of New Mexico protected Billy the Kid
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One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment provided the largest mass voter enfranchisement in American history. Watch THE VOTE, now streaming → pbs.org/thevote | American Experience | PBS
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One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment provided the largest mass voter enfranchisement in American history. Watch THE VOTE, now streaming → pbs.org/thevote | American Experience | PBS
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Countdown to relive the journey that defined a generation. CHASING THE MOON begins July 8 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/chasingthemoon | American Experience | PBS
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Countdown to relive the journey that defined a generation. CHASING THE MOON begins July 8 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/chasingthemoon | American Experience | PBS
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The journey to the moon covered a distance of nearly 239,000 miles and a decade of hard work and grand ambition. The countdown begins. CHASING THE MOON premieres July 8 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/chasingthemoon | American Experience | PBS
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The journey to the moon covered a distance of nearly 239,000 miles and a decade of hard work and grand ambition. The countdown begins. CHASING THE MOON premieres July 8 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/chasingthemoon | American Experience | PBS
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Born into a political dynasty. Tested by political reality. The latest in our award-winning Presidents series, GEORGE W. BUSH premieres May 4 & 5 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/george-w-bush | American Experience | PBS
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Born into a political dynasty. Tested by political reality. The latest in our award-winning Presidents series, GEORGE W. BUSH premieres May 4 & 5 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/george-w-bush | American Experience | PBS
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The Pilgrims' seminal and oft-misunderstood journey across the Atlantic 400 years ago profoundly shaped American and world history. Check your local station for THE PILGRIMS, beginning Thu Nov 19 → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims | American Experience | PBS
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The Pilgrims' seminal and oft-misunderstood journey across the Atlantic 400 years ago profoundly shaped American and world history. Check your local station for THE PILGRIMS, beginning Thu Nov 19 → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims | American Experience | PBS
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If there was a single moment that launched Joseph McCarthy's crusade, it was this speech at Wheeling, West Virginia. | American Experience | PBS
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A standoff on a remote mountaintop in Idaho was a family tragedy — and a spark for the modern American militia movement. Watch RUBY RIDGE Tue Apr 13 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruby-ridge | American Experience | PBS
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Turbulent times turned an artist into a hero. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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In the nightclubs of 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican-American teenagers in zoot suits ruled the dance floor. Stream ZOOT SUIT RIOTS on YouTube and the @PBS App → https://youtu.be/nzgZBH0oiwQ | American Experience | PBS
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It may sound incredible, but it's true. For the first eight months of WWI, Elizebeth and William Friedman with their team broke all messages for every part of the US military and Department of Justice. THE CODEBREAKER is available to stream → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/codebreaker | American Experience | PBS
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Marian Anderson faced a crowd of more than 75,000 people. When she began to sing, a hush of reverent silence descended on the audience. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM Mon Feb 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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Yellow Fever Experiment: Why Filthy Beds Failed to Infect
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Actor Ke Huy Quan on the 'quiet years' of his career
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Barred from performing at Constitution Hall, Marian Anderson sang for a crowd of 75,000 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM Tue Dec 21 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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The right to vote wasn't given to women — they fought for it, and won. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the largest expansion of voting rights in US history. THE VOTE premieres in a two-night event, beginning Mon July 6 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/thevote | American Experience | PBS
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"She became a political icon, the face of a movement. And that was something she could never step back from." Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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How fantasy and hubris swept through Los Angeles and led to one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history. Watch FLOOD IN THE DESERT Tue May 3 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flood-desert | American Experience | PBS
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The murder of a 14-year-old boy and the acquittal of his killers mobilized the Civil Rights Movement. THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/till | American Experience | PBS
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Fifty years ago, on June 28, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn turned into a protest. That protest, in turn, became a pivotal moment in LGBTQ history and the gay civil rights movement. Watch the documentary STONEWALL UPRISING, now streaming → pbs.org/stonewall | American Experience | PBS
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In June 1969, police executed a typical raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. Only this time, the patrons fought back. Watch the documentary STONEWALL UPRISING, now streaming → pbs.org/stonewall | American Experience | PBS
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“Here was something that was different. Absolutely not briefed on.” Astronaut Bill Anders and the Apollo 8 crew didn't wait for instructions to capture this remarkable view — “Earthrise." | American Experience | PBS
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Although President Truman presided over major advances in civil rights, desegregating the government and armed forces, there was little in his background to give NAACP leaders hope of progress. | American Experience | PBS
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To fight a terrible disease, Americans rallied together. Tune in or stream POLIO CRUSADE Tue Mar 31 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio | American Experience | PBS
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To fight a terrible disease, Americans banded together. Watch THE POLIO CRUSADE Tue June 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio | American Experience | PBS
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This Flying Lesson Just Met a Warplane ✈️💥
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They met in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states. Watch FREEDOM SUMMER now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomsummer/ | American Experience | PBS
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