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The Accident on a Garbage Truck That Led to the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

6/19/2018

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On a cold, rainy afternoon in 1968 a Memphis garbage truck malfunctioned and killed the two "garbage packers" riding inside. It was the last straw for the city's more than 1,000 sanitation workers, who walked off the job in protest of the conditions. But they ran head-on into an immovable Mayor, and the ensuing battle brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to town for what was to be his last march.

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A 1905 Silent Movie Revolutionizes American Film—and Radicalizes American Nationalists

1/28/2018

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When filmmaker D.W. Griffith released Birth of a Nation in 1915, the revolutionary film changed the way America thought about the movies and in many respects launched the modern film industry. But lesser known is the role Birth of a Nation had in the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.

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A City Suspends Law Enforcement in 1917 to Execute a Harrowing Display of Vengeance

6/19/2017

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People from all walks of life conspire to vengeance after a 1917 murder. Law enforcement is all but suspended as an organized committee forms to abduct a suspect from police custody and stage a horrific public spectacle.   

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Meet America's Notorious Baby Seller, Georgia Tann

4/25/2017

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For forty years -- and as many as 5,000 babies -- Georgia Tann used political influence to steal children and operate a nationwide adoption business. Meet the relentless woman who wrecked thousands of families, presided over the deaths and abuse of countless -- and brought adoption into the American mainstream.  

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Night Riders Launch a Racial Purge in 1912 that Lasts for Generations

4/11/2017

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In this episode, we join a busload of determined Civil Rights marchers as they venture into a Georgia County equally determined to preserve a 75-year history of racial purity. It's another dark-but-important story from Southern history.

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