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It's Buck, Roy, Junior, Grandpa and the whole Hee Haw gang, all pickin' and grinnin,' singin' and spinnin' tall tales with the citizens of Kornfield Kounty! Includes bonus interviews with Roy Clark and many other cast members. Features performances by Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Jr., Tammy Wynette, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Donna Fargo, Charlie Rich, Dottie West, and Tennessee Ernie Ford.
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If it were up to the bad guys, they'd live a sky-high life and leave bullet-ridden streets and broken dreams in their wake. Unfortunately for them, they're on a collision course with Steve McGarrett, leader of an elite crime squad known as Five-O. And McGarrett will stop at nothing to get his man. Includes 24 episodes, and all the tense, top-notch action sequences.
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The show followed the adventures of Paladin, a gentleman/gunfighter, who preferred to settle problems without violence, yet, when forced to fight, excelled. Paladin lived in the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, where he dressed in formal attire, ate gourmet food, and attended the opera. In fact, many who met him initially mistook him for a dandy from the East. When working, he dressed in black, used calling cards, wore a holster that carried characteristic...
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Program was filmed during the 50-mile march from Selma to Richmond, Alabama, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Presents a concise history of Selma, along with the brutal reactions to the protest in the weeks just prior to the march. Dr. King also comments on the first day from the vanguard of this civil rights milestone. Interviews with black and white residents of Selma portray the city in two very different ways.
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A news report presenting an extended interview with Medgar Evers filmed a year before his murder. The NAACP field secretary, WWII veteran, father and civil rights crusader dedicated nine years of his life to fighting racism before he was killed in 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers discusses his efforts at registering and organizing black voters, as well as the many death threats he and his family received while waging a campaign for civil rights...
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In many places above the Mason-Dixon Line, a subtle form of bigotry was at work during the early 1960s, resisting the efforts of Afro-Americans to buy homes in historically white neighborhoods. In this 1964 program, Mike Wallace reveals the fallacies, attitudes and weak legislation that contributed to de facto segregation in the North by tracking the unsuccessful campaign of a middle-class black family to buy in upscale New Jersey. The positive contributions...
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A college student, a schoolteacher and a fellow of the National Science Foundation were all three ruled illiterate by the local circuit clerk and ineligible to vote. Filmed in 1962, this program reveals the double standards and the dangers faced by African-Americans registering to vote in Mississippi. Interviews with local officials, segregationists, lawyers, clergy and citizens on both sides of the color line expose what amounted to a tacit conspiracy...
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It's Buck, Roy, Junior, Grandpa and the whole Hee Haw gang, all pickin' and grinnin, 'singin' and 'spinnin' tall tales with the citizens of Kornfield Kounty! Performances include the First Lady of Country Music Tammy Wynette, the Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard, plus Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, and more.
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When the radical wing of the civil rights movement began equating redress with rebellion rather than nonviolent protest, "Black power" became the rallying cry. In this program, filmed in 1966, Mike Wallace explores public sentiment during that turbulent period by assessing the attitudes, opinions and reactions on both sides of the color line. Interviews with major figures of the movement discussing black militancy, economic power, fair housing, nonviolence,...
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The Person of Interest team suffers a devastating loss and confronts staggering challenges in the hit series₂ most explosive season yet. Adapting to the evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, technical wizard Finch and ex-CIA operative Reese team with rogue agent Samantha Shaw to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. NYPD Detectives Carter and Fusco finally unravel the...
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Clinton High was the first school in Tennessee to desegregate -- an experience that led to chaos and violence. This program reports on the town's efforts in 1957 to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's mandate in the face of coercive opposition. Footage of the Rev. Paul W. Turner preaching brotherhood and John Kasper expounding in his rhetoric of intolerance creates a vivid portrait of the times. Other individuals add their views, rounding out the...