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S01E10: The Bomb and the Bus — Ike, Kennedy, and the American 1950s
HIS 223 - Week 7 (Part II)
Episode Title:
The Bomb and the Bus — Ike, Kennedy, and the American 1950s
Episode Description:
Two presidents, two fires. From “I Like Ike” to Dallas, this episode tells the story of the years America stood a heartbeat from nuclear war abroad and a moral reckoning at home. Elizabeth Eckford's walk to Central High, the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the beep of Sputnik, Rosa Parks and Montgomery, the 101st Airborne on the school steps, the Kennedy–Nixon debate, thirteen days over Cuba, four freshmen at a Woolworth's counter, and the March on Washington. Story-first…
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