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The March of Time

1952: THE CANDIDATES: MS W. Averell Harriman (1891-1986) SOT saying he would, MS Vice President Albin Barkley saying has always supported Civil Rights, whatever committee sets. Senator Estes Kefauver agrees, elimination of pole tax, discrimination.

12th - Higher Ed
MOT 1952: THE CANDIDATES: MS W. Averell Harriman (1891-1986) SOT saying he would, MS Vice President Albin Barkley saying has always supported Civil Rights, whatever committee sets. Senator Estes Kefauver agrees, elimination of pole tax,...
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Mr. Beat

The American Presidential Election of 1948

6th - 12th
The 41st Presidential election in American history took place on November 2, 1948. After Franklin Roosevelt died, Harry Truman took over, and soon after Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied forces. Now, all eyes were on the Pacific...
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Professor Dave Explains

Lyndon B. Johnson: A Tragic Figure (1963 – 1969)

9th - Higher Ed
Lyndon Johnson ascended to the presidency upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was a large, imposing man, who had been an influential Senate Majority Leader and Vice President. And as President, it is difficult to say whether he...
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Upi: Kennedy Wins 1960 Election

9th - 10th
The news service, UPI, began offering audio review of the important events of the year, beginning in 1959. One of the most newsworthy event in 1960 was the election of 1960 which John F. Kennedy won. Listen to the reporter's, Kennedy's,...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Tales of Contentious Conventions

9th - 10th
Nominating conventions have had a dramatic history. NPR looks at some conventions from the past such as the 1952 Republican Convention, the 1964 Republican Convention, and the violent 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago.