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Mistakes That Made America: Play-Doh
A failed wallpaper cleaning product gets a second chance as a classroom craft and accidentally becomes one of America’s most iconic toys.
Preview: World War II with Tom Hanks
See what’s to come in the new series, World War II with Tom Hanks, premiering Monday, May 25th at 8/7c and streaming the next day.
Liberators: Why We Fought
Next week is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Discover the unforgettable story of the American GIs who liberated Dachau concentration camp in this powerful documentary.
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History Shorts: Why Pomp and Circumstance Plays at Graduations
Pomp and Circumstance was originally used in King Edward VII’s coronation. Four years later, it was played as everyone was leaving Yale University because the song's composer was receiving an honorary degree.
America's Greatest Feud: The History of the Hatfields and McCoys
Mistakes That Made America: Play-Doh
A failed wallpaper cleaning product gets a second chance as a classroom craft and accidentally becomes one of America’s most iconic toys.
Navajo Code Talkers
Meet the Navajo Code Talkers: young men from government-run reservations called upon to fight for the nation during World War II.
When 20,000 Asian Americans Won Garment Workers’ Rights
In the summer of 1982, nearly 20,000 garment workers—mostly Asian American women—filled the streets of New York’s Chinatown in solidarity. Their strike won a decisive victory and challenged the “model minority” myth that still persists today.
The True Story of Black Hawk Down
How ’90s Superhero Comics Depicted Women
Writers and artists examine the depiction of women in superhero comics around the 1990s.
