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Bush, George 1924-2018 Carter, Jimmy 1924- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Kennedy family Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) 1888-1969 Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) 1913-1994 Reagan, Ronald Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Truman, Harry S 1884-1972Filter By Subjects
Bush, George 1924-2018 Carter, Jimmy 1924- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Kennedy family Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) 1888-1969 Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) 1913-1994 Reagan, Ronald Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Truman, Harry S 1884-1972Summary: In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BLISummary: A two-part series that tells the story of the three monarchs who reigned over Europe's greatest powers at the outbreak of the First World War: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England. The emerging divisions and rivalries between the inter-related houses of Europe brought change, tragedy and personal humiliation. Of the three great Imperial dynasties...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ROYSummary: An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished prespective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2004
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WORSummary: A deft politician and skillful diplomat, TR's magnetic personality and genius for publicity made him a legend in his own time. Through archival footage and interviews with historians, this is an engaging portrait of the private man and the president who created the modern American presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2008