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Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
A biography of the early years of Booker T. Washington. Born a slave in 1859, he built a monument to education and lived a life that has come to...
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The Boy King
The Boy King
This inspiring drama focuses on young Martin Luther King Jr.’s early encounters with prejudice and how the love and courage of his family...
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The Boy King (Short Version)
The Boy King (Short Version)
This inspiring drama focuses on young Martin Luther King Jr.’s early encounters with prejudice and how the love and courage of his family moved him...
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The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln
The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln
Beginning life in a log cabin in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln has no idea he will end up in the White House. At 9, he takes a dangerous journey up the...
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The Boyhood of George Washington
The Boyhood of George Washington
Like a family album, this video presents a fascinating look at the childhood of our first president through pictures of his early years on a...
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The Boyhood of George Washington Carver
The Boyhood of George Washington Carver
Born a slave, George Washington Carver became one of America’s most honored scientists. This portrait of his early years in Missouri demonstrates how...
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The Boyhood of Thomas Edison
The Boyhood of Thomas Edison
Filmed on location at Edison’s childhood home in Milan, Ohio, and at his famous laboratory in New Jersey, this program dramatizes some of the...
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Broken Treaties
Broken Treaties
A courtroom dramatization set outside the normal boundaries imposed by time and space provides viewers with an opportunity to see and hear the issue...
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Brown vs. the Board of Education
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Although recent court cases have raised questions about its legacy, the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 Brown decision was a key turning point in the...
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The Civil War: Anguish of Emancipation
The Civil War: Anguish of Emancipation
This dramatic re-enactment, which centers on the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, reveals the agonizing dilemmas that confronted Abraham...
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Civil War: Promise of Reconstruction
Civil War: Promise of Reconstruction
What the future would hold for slaves after the Civil War was presaged by the Port Royal “experiment” re-created in this program. Gideonite...
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Colonial Life in New England (Rev.)
Colonial Life in New England (Rev.)
In 1776, a young man looks back and recounts his boyhood in the rural pre-Revolutionary New England of 1764. His lawyer friend’s ride to Boston...
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