Chapter 1 | Zoot Suit Riots

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  Hilary Brown

  Hilary Brown was the first female foreign correspondent at ABC News.

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  Snapshot: America in the 1970s

  A snapshot of each year from 1970 to 1979.

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  The Big Burn Preview

  In 1910 the largest fire in U.S. history burned over 3 million acres. Premiering Feb 3.

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  Surviving the Dust Bowl: Trailer

  The determined people who clung to their homes and way of life enduring drought and dust.

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  Trailer | The Murder of Emmett Till

  Emmett Till's murder and the acquittal of his killers mobilized the Civil Rights Movement.

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  Chapter 1 | Fatal Flood

  Watch a preview of Fatal Flood.

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  Trailer | Fatal Flood

  In 1927, the Mississippi River flooded from New Orleans, leaving a million homeless.

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  Nixon and Abusing Power: The "Saturday Night Massacre"

  Nixon fired special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox in "The Saturday Night Massacre."

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  Attack at Harpers Ferry

  John Brown seizes a federal armory at Harpers Ferry, VA, but fails to incite revolution.

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  John Brown Gathers His Arsenal

  John Brown put little stock in peaceful abolition. In 1855 he left New York for Kansas.

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