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PBS NewsHour | Students Speak Out on Gun Violence Prevention | PBS
Students Speak Out on Gun Violence Prevention, Find No 'Easy Answer' 03:29
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Mapping History | PBS
Featuring dozens of clips from "The Abolitionists" and nearly 1000 archival images, the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Mapping History iPhone and iPod touch app offers curated walking tours in cities key... 01:57
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The Abolitionists, Part 2, Chapter 1 | PBS (#102)
A peak at the first chapter of "The Abolitionists, Part 2", premiering Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more: www.pbs.org Subscribe to American Experience YouTube: www.youtube.com... 14:06
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History Detectives | Bill of Sale, Cobb Powder Horn and the Star Spangled Banner | PBS (#1009)
Full Program: Eduardo investigates the story behind a Bill of Sale for a 17-year old “negro girl". 53:41
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "The Abolitionists" - William Lloyd Garrison | PBS (#101)
At 22, William Lloyd Garrison moved to Boston and determined that the abolition of slavery would be the cause that would give meaning to his life. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists" premieres... 02:07
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "The Abolitionists" - Frederick Douglass and John Brown | PBS (#102)
John Brown meets with Frederick Douglass and reveals his radical plan to raise an army, attack plantations and free the slaves. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists" premieres on Tuesday,... 02:11
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "The Abolitionists" - Harriet Beecher Stowe | PBS
Following the tragic death of her young son and moved by the plight of slave families being torn apart by the Fugitive Slave Law, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin". AMERICAN... 02:56
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "The Abolitionists" - Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison | PBS
After hearing Frederick Douglass speak at an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, an inspired William Lloyd encourages Douglass to join the abolitionist movement. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The... 02:55
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The Abolitionists - Angelina Grimké | PBS
Angelina Grimké, the outspoken daughter of a wealthy Charleston, South Carolina plantation family, believed that slavery was a sin and a stain on the nation. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The... 03:00
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The Abolitionists, Part One, Chapter 1 | PBS (#101)
A peak at the first chapter of "The Abolitionists, Part 1", premiering January 8, 2013 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more: www.pbs.org Subscribe to American Experience YouTube: www.youtube.com American... 10:17
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MAKERS: WOMEN WHO MAKE AMERICA -- Premiering Feb. 26, 2012 on PBS | PBS
Review the story of how women have helped shape America over the last 50 years through one of the most sweeping social revolutions in our country's history, in pursuit of their rights to a full... 00:31
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American Experience | The Abolitionists, Chapter 1 | PBS (#2501)
Premiering January 8, 9pm. To create a more perfect union, they tore the nation apart. 10:16
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American Experience | A Eulogy to the Movement | PBS (#2501)
Frederick Douglass offers a eulogy to the abolitionist movement at Garrison's funeral. 02:47
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American Experience | Garrison Introduces Douglass | PBS (#2501)
William Lloyd Garrison speaks to a crowd in Nantucket and introduces Frederick Douglass. 02:16
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American Experience | Fugitive Slave Act | PBS (#2501)
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made the hunting down of escaped slaves full legal. 02:19
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A Promise Called Iowa
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The Abolitionists: American Experience
On January 1, 1863, when abolitionist leaders Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison received word that the Emancipation Proclamation had declared three million enslaved African Americans "forever free," it was the culminating...
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Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: American Experience
Elected president only to see the nation fracture in two, Abraham Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that rent the...
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American Experience
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American Masters
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: American Experience
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Assignment Iowa
Assignment Iowa examines the issues and events that shape what it means to be an Iowan. Hosted by Iowa Public Radio's Todd Mundt, the series explores a wide range of timely topics and the ways they affect Iowa and Iowans.
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Assignment Iowa: The Digital Horizon
Web sites, blogs, podcasts, vidcasts, HDTV and more - how is the new digital media affecting the way we receive and enjoy entertainment? How is it changing learning styles in Iowa’s classrooms? And 65 years after the first digital...
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Clinton: American Experience
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Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War
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Death and the Civil War: American Experience
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Dust Bowl
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Frontline
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Global Voices
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History Detectives
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Independent Lens
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Intelligent Talk Television
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Iowa's WWII Stories
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Ken Burns American Stories
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Makers: Women Who Make America
This comprehensive and innovative series, built on an extraordinary archive of interviews, tells the story of one of the most sweeping social revolutions in America's history, as women asserted their rights to a full and fair share of...
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Mark Twain
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Nature
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Need to Know
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NOVA
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NOVA scienceNOW
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Open Mind
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PBS NewsHour
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POV
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Prohibition
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Secrets of the Dead
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To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe
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Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
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Unforgettable: The Korean War
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Vietnam War Stories
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Women, War & Peace
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