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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
Honolulu's tranquility was shattered when a Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape.
The fateful narrative of James Earl Ray who shot Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968.
The mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center that left 38 dead.
Story of a Wall Street tycoon who helped alter course of history in World War II.
Poppy Northcutt: Return to Earth Specialist
Frances “Poppy” Northcutt was the first female engineer to work in NASA’s Mission Control.
Wernher Von Braun: Rocket Scientist
Wernher Von Braun was a German-born, American rocket engineer.
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The Medical Committee for Human Rights
The Medical Committee for Human Rights formed at the beginning of Freedom Summer in 1964.
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Discover the forgotten story of the Navy’s aquanauts, who pioneered undersea exploration.
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