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The Future of America's Past
The Revolutions
Season 2
Episode 1
What does “freedom” mean to those outside the halls of power — and what did it mean during the American Revolution? Ed visits sites in Boston & Philadelphia to put that question to curators, museum educators, a playwright, & a tribal preservation officer. He learns about the ways in which women, Native Americans, & African Americans made the words of the Revolution come true in their own lives.
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Young people staged a strike in 1951 to protest segregated public schools.
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In 1869, a golden spike marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
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Long-simmering tensions between white and black residents in Chicago erupted in violence.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, 110,000 Japanese-American citizens were arrested.
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Texas has long been a place of cross-cultural exchange. How did Texas become Texas?
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In 1911, a factory in New York City burst into flames and 146 workers perished.
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At Virginia’s Fort Monroe, we discover the spot where where slavery began.