A&E Classroom: The Class of the 20th Century

Growing up During the Great Depression (3:31)

Radio: Great Escape from the Great Depression (4:59)

Roosevelt's New Deal (4:20)

Roosevelt: Controversial Figure (2:53)

Letters to the President (1:31)

King Edward VIII Abdicates the Throne for American Divorcee (4:27)

Shirley Temple: The Ultimate Optimist (4:01)

Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling: Black vs. White (3:06)

The Iron Horse: Lou Gherig (2:14)

Hindenburg Disaster: Progress and Tragedy (4:04)

Rise of Hitler's Third Reich (3:46)

Farewell from the Class of the 29th Century

1930-1939 (4:07)

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1930-1939 (1:24)

Growing up in the War Years (3:31)

December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor (3:51)

Sounds of War: Edward R Murrow & Winston Churchill (2:13)

Voice of Adolf Hitler (3:06)

Everyday Stories of War (8:20)

Japanese Americans Internment (2:59)

Americans Support War Efforts (2:11)

Entertaining the Troops (2:35)

Frank Sinatra (2:20)

Carole Lombard (1:58)

April 12, 1945: Death of Franklin Roosevelt (3:39)

Harry Truman's Decision: End of World War II (5:20)

To the Class of 3000 (1:55)

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1940-1945 (1:09)

1945-1952: What it Meant to Be a Kid (4:19)

Holocaust: Worst Human Experience in History (6:54)

Dr. Benjamin Spock Tells America How to Raise Children (3:24)

The Cold War: Flash, Duck and Cover (3:41)

Jackie Robinson: More Than an Athlete (7:26)

Harry Truman: Working Man's President (5:12)

Television: Milton Berle (2:46)

Korean War: General Douglas MacArthur (7:11)

Farewell from the Class of the 20th Century - 1945-1952 (2:36)

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1945-1952 (1:09)

Elie Wiesel (0:55)

Elie Wiesel (1:00)

test (1:00)

elie wiesel speaking (0:46)

elie wiesel (0:47)

Growing up From 1952 - 1955 (3:28)

Dwight D. Eisenhower & Richard M. Nixon (3:21)

Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The Last President on Whom Everyone Agreed" (3:57)

Syd Caesar: Your Show of Shows (2:49)

The Genius of Sid Caesar (3:00)

Senator Joseph McCarthy: House Un-American Activities Committee (3:44)

Senator Joseph McCarthy: Accidental Demagogue (2:34)

Senator Joseph McCarthy: "Have You No Sense of Decency" (2:16)

Brown v. Board of Education (2:51)

Responding to Brown v. Board of Education (1:54)

Hugh Hefner's Playboy Magazine (2:16)

"What Hefner Hath Wrought" (2:59)

Americans Send Dimes to Cure Polio: March of Dimes (3:05)

Americans Remember Polio Vaccine Discovery (1:59)

Farewell from the The Class of the 20th Century

1952-1955 (3:57)

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1952-1955 (1:09)

Growing Up: 1956-1961 (3:00)

Sputnik: First Into Space (4:15)

The Pill: Women Freed From the Fear of Unplanned Pregnancy (2:52)

Rock and Roll: Chuck Berry (4:33)

Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley (4:04)

Elvis Presley: African American Perspective (3:47)

Rosa Parks: Martin (2:09)

Rosa Parks: Martin Luther King Jr. (3:27)

1960 Presidential Election: John F. Kennedy vs. Richard M. Nixon (7:48)

President John F. Kennedy (4:29)

Farewell from the Class of the 20th Century

1956-1961 (3:07)

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1956-1961 (1:10)

Phil Donahue: Elvis and Gender (0:17)

Camelot: John F. Kennedy Presidency (4:38)

Brink of Nuclear Disaster: Cuban Missile Crisis (2:51)

Cuban Missile Crisis (4:37)

Who Was Marilyn Monroe? (3:07)

Marilyn Monroe: Sex Object (2:30)

Marilyn Monroe (4:20)

February 20, 1962, NASA Sends an Astronaut into Space (5:03)

Nov 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy Assassinated (12:49)

Farewell From the Class of the 20th Century

1961-1963 (3:06)

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1961-1963 (1:08)

March on Washington: August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. (2:58)

Martin Luther King Jr.: "I Have a Dream" Speech (2:29)

Civil Rights: President Lyndon B. Johnson (2:17)

President Lyndon B. Johnson (4:25)

Malcolm X: Demanding Civil Rights (1:20)

Malcolm X: Nation of Islam (2:33)

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X (3:41)

The Beatles (3:09)

Beatles Memories (3:40)

Vietnam: The Domino Theory (3:06)

Vietnam: Johnson's Duties of Freedom (2:58)

Vietnam War: Casualties (2:51)

Protesting the War in Vietnam (4:13)

Farewell From the Class of the 20th Century

1963-1968 (3:27)

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1963-1968 (1:14)

1968 & 1969: Two Years That Felt Like Ten (2:46)

1960s: Threshold of a New Age (2:25)

April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated (4:08)

June 5, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated (2:54)

Robert F. Kennedy: "New Day for the United States of America" (2:36)

Jacqueline Kennedy (3:17)

Richard M. Nixon (2:48)

Nixon: Machinery of Modern Politics (2:14)

Woodstock: August 1969 (2:54)

Woodstock

Who Wasn't There? (1:44)

Apollo 11: July 20, 1969 (2:13)

Neil Armstrong: "One Small Step for Man..." (2:37)

America Moves Ahead in the Space Race (2:59)

America's "Pre-Optimism" (4:59)

Farewell from the Class of the 20th Century

1968-1970 (3:31)

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1968-1970 (1:08)

Sesame Street (5:14)

May 4, l970: Kent State Killings (2:51)

"All in the Family" (3:29)

Social Commentary Provided by "All in the Family" (3:13)

Jan 22, 1973: Roe v. Wade (3:20)

Pro-Life? Pro-Choice? (3:18)

Watergate Scandal (2:34)

Watergate: White House Plumbers (2:23)

Nixon Tapes and Press Coverage of Watergate (3:15)

Richard M. Nixon Resigns the Presidency (3:59)

Looking Back at Richard M. Nixon (2:20)

United States Bicentennial: July 4, 1976 (2:43)

United States Bicentennial: Perspectives on American Citizenship (2:10)

Farewell from the Class of the 20th Century

1970-1976 (3:01)

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1970-1976 (1:19)

President Jimmy Carter (3:43)

Jimmy Carter: Universal Human Rights (2:40)

November 4, 1979: Iran Hostage Crisis (2:59)

Iran Hostage Crisis: America "Weakened by Gnats" (1:21)

Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator (4:56)

Reagan Years: "The Comfortable Lie" (3:36)

Ronald Reagan: Iran-Contra Scandal (5:37)

Princess Diana (2:54)

England's Royals (3:06)

MTV: Music Television (2:16)

December 8, 1980: Former Beatle John Lennon Shot Dead (2:46)

January 28, 1986: Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes (5:20)

Farewell from the Class of the 20th Century

1976-1990 (2:19)

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1976-1990 (1:11)