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From the archives: Ruby Bridges reflects on desegregation 35 years after making history (Video)
Friday marks 65 years since a federal judge’s desegregation order took effect in New Orleans public schools. In this interview…
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From the archives: President Nixon makes “silent majority” speech on Nov. 3, 1969 (Video)
On Nov. 3, 1969, President Nixon addressed the nation in an effort to rally Americans behind the Vietnam War and…
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From the archives: Cuban Missile Crisis ends on Oct. 28, 1962 (Video)
On the morning of Oct. 28, 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev ordered the removal of missiles from Cuba, ending the…
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From the archives: President John F. Kennedy announces discovery of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba (Video)
On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy told the American public that the U.S. had found evidence of Soviet…
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From the archives: Richard Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre (Video)
On October 20, 1973, President Richard Nixon asked Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor tasked…
