Video: Topics: History: Biography & Profiles
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Faces of America | Our American Stories | PBS (#101)
Full Program: Explore the dynamic relationship America had with new immigrants in the 20th century. 54:40
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American Experience | Wyatt Earp | PBS (#2202)
Full Program: Wyatt Earp came to epitomize the marshal responsible for taming the Wild West. 53:11
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1957 Martin Luther King, Jr. Interview
Full Program: 1957 interview with civil rights leader, Martin King, Jr. and civil rights judge, J. Waites Waring 28:38
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American Experience | Walt Whitman | PBS (#2008)
Full Program: A biography of Walt Whitman, of the most-recognized figures in American literary history. 01:38:33
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Wyatt Earp | Preview #2 | PBS (#2202)
How did Tombstone respond to the Gunfight at the OK Corral? To some residents, Wyatt became a hero but to others, a cold blooded killer. 01:40
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Wyatt Earp | Preview | PBS (#2202)
Discover how Earp transformed himself from outlaw to lawman. 01:49
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Secrets of the Dead | The Airmen and the Headhunters | PBS (#902)
Full Program: Uncovers a WWII survivor tale of US soldiers lost in Borneo and their unlikely rescuers 52:36
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Tavis Smiley | Robin D. G. Kelley: Monday, 10/26 | PBS
Historian Robin D. G. Kelley shares stories from his new biography of Thelonious Monk. 11:22
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Secrets of the Dead | Escape from Auschwitz | PBS (#702)
Full Program: Two Auschwitz prisoners were determined to expose the horrors of the Nazi genocide 53:50
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Khrushchev Biographer William Taubman (#170)
Full Program: On August 27, 2009, Harvard and Columbia educated scholar and author William Taubman gave a presentation in Des Moines as part of the Des Moines Public Library's AVID (Authors Visiting in Des... 01:03:35
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Remembering Khrushchev's Visit to Iowa (#303)
The Iowa Journal takes a look back 50 years, to a Soviet dictator who took a nearly two-week vacation across the U.S. including a stop in Iowa. 06:13
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Jim Thorpe, The World's Greatest Athlete: Official Trailer | PBS
Directed by Tom Weidlinger (2009, 86 min. USA) Jim Thorpe, The Worlds Greatest Athlete is a biography of the Native American athlete who became a sports icon in the first half of the 20th century.... 03:12
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An Evening with Cloris Leachman (#168)
Full Program: On May 8, 2009 at the Des Moines Public Library, celebrated actress and Des Moines native Cloris Leachman regaled fans with anecdotes from her illustrious career. 34:08
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American Experience | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | PBS (#2103)
Full Program: The dramatic manhunt following the assassination of President Lincoln. 01:24:13
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American Experience | Roberto Clemente | PBS (#2007)
Full Program: The exceptional life and career of Puerto Rican baseball star Roberto Clemente. 53:13
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