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Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration
5-9 ┊ 8440 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 8440 words, 1 hour 4 minutes audio time. Nine African American students made history when they defied a governor and integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957. It was the …- 7
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Birmingham 1963: How a Photograph Rallied Civil Rights Support
5-9 ┊ 8793 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 8793 words, 1 hour 5 minutes audio time. In May 1963 news photographer Charles Moore was on hand to document the Children’s Crusade, a civil rights protest. But the photogr…- 10
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Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor
5-9 ┊ 8664 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 8664 words, 1 hour 3 minutes audio time. Little boys, some as young as 6, spent their long days, not playing or studying, but sorting coal in dusty, loud, and dangerous con…- 38
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Man on the Moon: How a Photograph Made Anything Seem Possible
5-9 ┊ 7982 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 7982 words, 1 hour 1 minutes audio time. It is a bizarrely beautiful image: A man in a spacesuit stands isolated in an alien world. His companion, the photographer, and the…- 15
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Migrant Mother: How a Photograph Defined the Great Depression
5-9 ┊ 7499 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 7499 words, 54 minutes audio time. In the 1930s, photographer Dorothea Lange traveled the American West documenting the experiences of those devastated by the Great Depress…- 14
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Raising the Flag: How a Photograph Gave a Nation Hope in Wartime
5-9 ┊ 9249 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 9249 words, 1 hour 4 minutes audio time. By February 1945 the United States had been fighting World War II for more than three years. Soldiers were worn down from battle, a…- 18
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The Golden Spike: How a Photograph Celebrated the Transcontinental Railroad
5-9 ┊ 8335 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 8335 words, 1 hour 0 minutes audio time. In the mid-1860s, as the Union Pacific Railroad headed westward from Nebraska, another company, the Central Pacific, pushed eastwar…- 7
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Shadow Catcher: How Edward S. Curtis Documented American Indian Dignity and Beauty
5-9 ┊ 8481 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 8481 words, 1 hour 0 minutes audio time. At the turn of the 20th century, photographer Edward S. Curtis devoted his life to learning all he could about American Indians and…- 23
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Death at Kent State: How a Photograph Brought the Vietnam War Home to America
5-9 ┊ 9492 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 9492 words, 1 hour 12 minutes audio time. It didn’t seem possible. Four college students shot dead May 4, 1970, by Ohio National Guardsmen during a protest against the Viet…- 15
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Ground Zero: How a Photograph Sent a Message of Hope
5-9 ┊ 7365 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 7365 words, 55 minutes audio time. The tragic events of September 11, 2001, sent shockwaves around the globe that are still felt today. Nearly 3,000 people died in the terr…- 17
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Exposing Hidden Worlds: How Jacob Riis’ Photos Became Tools for Social Reform
5-9 ┊ 9620 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 9620 words, 1 hour 10 minutes audio time. President Theodore Roosevelt called Jacob Riis "the best American I ever knew." The pioneering photojournalist, an immig…- 12
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Face of Freedom: How the Photos of Frederick Douglass Celebrated Racial Equality
5-9 ┊ 9898 words ┊ ◄)) 5-9, 9898 words, 1 hour 15 minutes audio time. Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, writer, political activist, reformer has been called the most important African-American of the …- 16
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