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Exclusive Preview Clip from 'Red Joan' - Who Politicized You?
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Academy Award winner Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson take on the complex persona and legacy of Joan Stanley, the seemingly demure physicist who was also a long-serving British spy for the KGB.
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Black History Month: Franklin McCain — AARP
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Franklin McCain was a civil rights pioneer who participated in a lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro, N.C., in 1960 to protest segregation. That event is credited with leading to other key chapters of the civil rights era.
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Roberto Clemente, Baseball Legend - AARP
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Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente became the first Latin American player to collect 3,000 career hits before his death in a plane crash.
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Sinking a Battleship and Dodging Kamikaze Attack in WWII
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During the U.S.-led invasion of the Philippines in October 1944, a fleet of Japanese battleships attempted to run the 47-mile Surigao Strait. But U.S. 7th Fleet Support force and the USS Melvin with Phil Hollywood onboard were standing in the way.
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Home of the Brave: Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown - AARP
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The 1950s were a time of great racial division in America, but when Jesse Brown, the Navy's first black aviator, was shot down over North Korea, his wingman Tom Hudner did the unthinkable to save him, crashed his own plane into the same mountain.
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'Honorable Journey' - AARP
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"Honorable Journey" charts the 70-year struggle of Japanese-Americans who came of age during World War Two
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A Conversation with Sen. Bob Dole
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Doling out wisdom: When he was 91, former Sen. Bob Dole talked about politics and the disappearing Greatest Generation.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin Talks With AARP Bulletin
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The famous historian and biographer shares insight on why she chose the people she wrote about.
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Ken Burns Discusses The Roosevelts
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Director Ken Burns talks about the Roosevelts – Teddy, Franklin and Eleanor - and overcoming fear.