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Bob Fletcher: WWII Samaritan for Japanese-American Farmers
Good deeds – they happen all the time. Those little acts of kindness that make the world a better place but unless they go viral, they can go unnoticed. Which is why it’s time to celebrate Bob Fletcher: the greatest good Samaritan you've...
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John Brown's Pike
Abolitionist John Brown commissioned a blacksmith to produce hundreds of pikes – deadly spear-like weapons made from iron and wood, for his team of militiamen to raid the armoury and help set enslaved people free. But it ended in failure...
Step Back History
The Most Dangerous Woman in America
I often get asked who my favourite historical figure is, and I can think of no person who represented the moral endurance and strength of Emma Goldman. Let's hear her story and maybe she'll be your favourite historical figure too.
Curated Video
The Hanger Limb Prosthetic Leg
When James Edward Hanger lost a leg in the American Civil War, he returned home to Virginia and designed the world's first articulated prosthetic that could bend like a real leg.
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How America Prepared for Nuclear War
This is the untold story of how the US prepped citizens for a potential atom-bomb Armageddon.
AllTime 10s
10 Most Likely Future Wars
With the stakes of conflict ever increasing, we take a look at the 10 most likely future wars and the ever increasing consequences for those involved.
Hip Hughes History
The Jefferson Era in Ten Minutes
Covers John Adams and Jefferson, such as Alien Sedition Act, Nullification, the Election of 1800, the Louisiana Purchase and Constitutional Power.
Independent Producers
Border States in the Civil War
Kentucky was one of four states that were slave states but did not declare secession from the Union during the U.S. Civil War. They are known as "border states." Kentucky began the U.S. Civil War as officially neutral. This public radio...
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Bayard Rustin: Martin Luther King Jr's 'Out and Proud' Advisor
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the biggest protest America had ever seen. It culminated in Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. But the man who made it all possible, chief...
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The Battle of Middle Creek
The Battle of Middle Creek took place in Floyd County on January 10, 1862, but why was it so important to the legacy of the American Civil War and the history of the USA?
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Reasons The North Went to War
Think you know all about the American Civil War? Think again! This is the untold story of why the North took up arms against the South.
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The Chinese Massacre Explained
The Chinese Massacre of 1871 was the deadliest lynching in U.S. history – wiping out 10% of LA’s immigrant Chinese population in the space of just a few hours.
60 Second Histories
Queen Henrietta Maria
A description of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I. It covers her upbringing and how she, a French catholic princess came to marry the English protestant prince.
Weird History
He Was The Craziest Civil War General
In 1859, Congressman Daniel Sickles shot and killed the man sleeping with his wife. After escaping a prison sentence, Sickles disobeyed orders in the Civil War and lost a leg. After the war, General Dan Sickles donated the leg to the...
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Civil War Tactics: Shooting as Many as Possible
The Greeks fought in phalanx formation. In medieval times, they preferred the wedge. So what made Civil War armies fight in long, straight lines that left them wide open to attack?
Professor Dave Explains
Ulysses S. Grant: Civil War Hero (1869 - 1877)
Ulysses S. Grant is best known as the general of the Union Army that brought an end to the Civil War, by getting General Robert E. Lee to surrender. But he also served as a two-term president, and he wasn't a bad one at that. He has been...
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George Brittain Lyttle: The Bandit who Couldn't Ride a Horse
History is full of criminal masterminds – people who used cunning and skill to outwit the law. And then there is George Brittain Lyttle, the notorious stagecoach robber who couldn’t ride a horse!
Step Back History
How Did the Rwandan Genocide Happen?
Rwanda experienced one of the worst atrocities in human history in 1994. Here's what happened.
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Congo: how to stop the killing
More people were killed in a recent civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo than in conflicts in Vietnam, Syria, Iraq and Korea combined. The African country may be sliding back in to war, but one man is hoping a message of peace...
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Civil War Battle for the West
One of the most important battles of the Civil War wasn’t fought in the South – it was fought in the West. In March 1862, Union and Confederate forces came face-to-face – at New Mexico’s Glorieta Pass.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David L. Green - Researching Our Family History
David L. Green is an Associate Professor of Materials Science, Chemical, and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his B.S. from Boston University, an M.S. from the University of Maryland, and his Ph.D. from...
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Frances Oldham Kelsey: Standing Up to Big Pharma
Meet Frances Oldham Kelsey - a true American hero! Frances was a pharmacologist working for the FDA who stood up to the big drug companies and ultimately saved thousands of American lives in the process.
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Country Music of Kentucky
This is the story of Route 23, known as the Country Music Highway that stretches across Eastern Kentucky, the home of some of America's greatest Country Music stars
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William Jennings Bryan: Flag of an Empire Speech
Former U.S. Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan spoke in Indianapolis back in 1900 on the opposition of Imperialism within America. The speech has since been entitled Flag of an Empire.