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Depictions of Whaling in America
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All FilmsEarth Days
The inspiring story of the modern environmental movement.
Roads to Memphis
The international manhunt to catch the killer of Martin Luther King.
My Lai
The 1968 My Lai massacre, its subsequent cover-up, and the efforts of the soldiers who broke ranks to try to bring the atrocity to light.
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Then & Now
America's Worst Storms
Only three category five hurricanes have hit the U.S. in the 20th Century. See a list of America's deadliest, costliest and most intense hurricanes.
My American Experience
What do you know about the American whaling industry?
What impact do you think the whaling industry had on America and its economy? The whaling industry was America's first global resource-based industry. How do you think it shaped us as a nation? What do you believe is currently the industry that epitomizes the identity of America?
Series Blog
Filming History: Piecing it All Together
A dark and dangerous pool lurking below the present: what better way to describe My Lai? Not a month goes by, it seems, that we don’t hear about a controversial killing of civilians in Iraq or Afghanistan, our present-day wars.