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Conspiracy Did NASA fake the Moon landing?

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Caroline Dodds Pennock “Indigenous Americans were horrified by inequalities in European society”

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The long fight over abortion rights in the United States

The brutal murder of Emmett Till was just one of thousands of racially motivated lynchings in the American South, but it proved to be a pivotal moment in the civil rights revolution. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)
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Emmett Till: the murder that reshaped the American civil rights movement

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Episode 4 The road to resolution . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3 Dangerous days . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

On Havana waterfront, Cuban soldiers wait by anti-aircraft artillery, after receiving warning of an invasion from the United States
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Max Hastings "If the Americans had bombed Cuba in 1962, escalation would have been almost inevitable"

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Why we should remember... The day Walt Disney World Resort in Florida welcomed its first guests

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Nuclear fall-out: how the USA & USSR became bitter enemies

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50 important historical events: from Sutton Hoo to Rosa Parks

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The Emancipation Proclamation Your guide to Abraham Lincoln's proclamation

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Cold War summits: how USA & USSR leaders worked to end the conflict

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What brought a thaw in the Cold War?

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