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The performance that saved Johnny Cash's career May 28, 2018

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In a year of extraordinary, chaotic moments this was a hopeful one - a beat-up country music star recording an album live at a troubled maximum security prison in California.

Publishers hated ‘A Wrinkle in Time,' and Madeleine L'Engle never forgot the rejections May 25, 2018

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'A Wrinkle in Time' author Madeleine L'Engle said she received 26 rejection letters from publishers.

When Ronald Reagan visited a family targeted by the KKK May 24, 2018

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In the early 1980s, President Ronald Reagan wasn’t exactly known for his racial sensitivity. But when he read about a family whose house was targeted by the KKK, he and the First Lady flew out to comfort them.

The Nazi stone May 23, 2018

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A mysterious stone memorial was found in 2006 in Washington, D.C. But who placed a memorial to Nazi spies on government property? And why?

Elaine Brown, the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party May 22, 2018

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Elaine Brown's takeover in 1974 was a pivotal moment for a woman in the black power movement. Although women had been a dynamic force for social and racial justice, they had often been overshadowed by men.

The man who filmed JFK's assassination May 21, 2018

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For many, memories of that devastating day quickly revert to that silent, flickering sequence captured by Abraham Zapruder. It is as chilling as it is familiar: the approaching convertible, the waves of a crowd about to lose its innocence.

Princess Diana's final hours May 18, 2018

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When Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle are married this weekend, there will be one other royal on the world’s minds - Harry’s mother, the beloved Princess Diana.

The enigmatic Prince Philip - separating fact from fiction May 17, 2018

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The British royal wedding puts all eyes on the Windsor family - this time, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. But perhaps no royal is as controversial as Harry's grandfather, Prince Philip.

Wallis Simpson, the last American divorcee who married a British royal May 16, 2018

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Another British royal wedding is coming up, so over the next few days, we'll explore a few moments from the history of royal marriages in Great Britain. Today, we meet Wallis Simpson, the last American divorcee to marry a British royal.

The truth is out there May 15, 2018

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Area 51's secrets may not be alien in nature, but that doesn't make them any less mysterious.

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