The Circus |
Chapter
Watch Chapter 1 of The Circus.
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The Circus |
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Mabel Stark was one of the 20th century's most famous big cat trainers.
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The Circus |
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Having started his circus during the Civil War, Adam Forepaugh became P.T. Barnum's biggest competitor.
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The Circus |
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Phineas Taylor Barnum, properly known as P.T. Barnum, was a showman.
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Seemingly impervious to injury or illness, Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig never missed a game. But in the spring of 1939, his play began to deteriorate. On July 4th, he gave a farewell speech to a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium.
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The Circus |
Trailer
"The Circus" explores the colorful history of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment.
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Nearly two decades before the NBA, a team of African American basketball players from Chicago began touring the Midwest as the Harlem Globetrotters.
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RFK |
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Just two months before Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot in Los Angeles, he delivered the news of Dr. King’s assassination to a crowd in Indianapolis.
2 MIN 32 SEC
Freedom Riders |
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In 1961, the Freedom Riders were arrested and sent to Mississippi’s Parchman Prison.
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In 1925, the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes pit traditional Christian beliefs against evolution.
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The Fight |
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Max Schmeling convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to attend the 1936 Olympic games.
1 MIN 13 SEC
The Chinese Exclusion Act |
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In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth.
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