As the nation’s factories and shipyards ramped up production for the war, the demand for labor exploded. Millions of women and minorities entered the workforce for the first time, finding a path to prosperity and opportunity.
But as Americans joined in common purpose, strife and challenges hit the homefront.
In 1943, half a million coal miners in West Vi ... Show More
May 2020
Encore: The Space Race | Playing Catch Up | 2
<p>Information sharing was normal in the global scientific community, but when it came to rockets, normal rules didn’t apply. If the details got passed along to civilian scientists, there was no telling where that intel might end up…</p><p>But for many Americans, the Eisenhower j ... Show More
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Jun 2020
Encore: The Space Race | Taking the Lead | 3
<p>In times of crisis, Americans had always put their confidence in their country’s superiority in power, technology and leadership. America had never failed them. And in 1961, hope and faith in their country burned brighter than ever as NASA prepared to launch the first man into ... Show More
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Dec 2019
Macy’s vs Gimbels - Fathers, Sons, and Civil War | 2
<p>As R.H. Macy’s Manhattan emporium and reputation grow during the Civil War, his teenage son rebels and runs away to join the Union army. When the boy goes AWOL, the future of Macy’s burgeoning department store faces jeopardy. But salvation arrives in the form of another recent ... Show More
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