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Richard Nixon
Nixon Announces Resignation In Speech to America

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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In the wake of the Watergate scandal, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced his resignation from the presidency on August 9, 1974, in a televised speech to the nation. Following accusations of crimes committed by his administration including bugging the offices of political opponents–Nixon’s impeachment was inevitable. However, his resignation speech, … Continue reading

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Vietnam War
Voting Against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  By Virginia Choi • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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U.S. Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon explains why history will be on his in his firm stance against the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. Morse and Senator E. Gruening of Alaska were the only two senators to vote against this authorization and the ensuing U.S. military forces in Southeast Asia: “Being … Continue reading

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Agent Orange
The Weapon That Outlived the War

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 24, 2014 Uncategorized
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Vietnamese doctors and civilians discuss the ongoing impact of Agent Orange on the country 35 years after the end of the Vietnam War. Although the United States used the herbicide Agent Orange to kill the crops of communist insurgents, the chemical mixture has had devastating effects on the people who … Continue reading

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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Aiko Kori Shares Her Survival Story

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 24, 2014 Uncategorized
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Aiko Kori describes surviving the atomic bomb attack on the Japanese city of Nagasaki during World War II. Only 17 years old at the time, Kori recalls being mistaken for a corpse, narrowly escaping cremation, and picking maggots out of her wounds–among other horrors. The bomb dropped on Nagasaki by … Continue reading

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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter: A Presidency Filled With Problems

  By Robbie Faselt • July 14, 2014 Uncategorized
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Historians and former news anchors discuss the life of the 39th President of the United States (1977-1981), Jimmy Carter. This video follows Carter’s life from his early childhood through the troubles he faced as president all the way to his post-presidency, which many historians consider to be a very successful … Continue reading

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Argo
Jimmy Carter Discusses the Truth Behind ‘Argo’

  By Robbie Faselt • July 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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In an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN, former president, Jimmy Carter, talks about the truth behind the 2012 film, “Argo,” the political thriller film directed by Ben Affleck that won Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards. Carter was president when the events of “Argo” took place, which was … Continue reading

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Bosnian War
Heartbreaking Stories from Teenage Survivors of Bosnian War

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Listen to three survivors describe the horrors they endured as teenagers in the Bosnian War, including rape and torture. The war, which erupted in April of 1992, was the result of the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. By the end of the war in December of 1995, … Continue reading

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Espionage Act
Son Discusses the Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Robert Meeropol discusses the execution of his parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the only U.S. citizens to be executed under the Espionage Act of 1917. As one of the most contested death sentences in history, the Rosenberg case has inspired continued debate over the constitutionality of the Espionage Act. In … Continue reading

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Winston Churchill
Churchill’s ‘Finest Hour’ Speech

  By Virginia Choi • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Winston Churchill delivered his “This Was Their Finest Hour” speech to the to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom on  June 18, 1940 during World War II’s Battle of France when Germans had successfully invaded France and British and French forces were in retreat to the sea. In … Continue reading

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Berlin Wall
‘Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!’

  By Virginia Choi • June 9, 2014 Uncategorized
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A significant moment in Cold War history: U.S. President Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987 issued a challenge to Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, which the Communist state of East Germany erected in 1961 as a barrier between West Berlin and the socialist state … Continue reading