Despite the assassinations of four US presidents (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy), the in-office deaths of four (Harrison, Taylor, Harding, FDR), the wounding of two (T. Roosevelt, Reagan) and attempts on the lives of several others, before 1963, the unthinkable was unaddressed in the US Constitution. For the first two hundred years of America's democracy, it was not a foregone conclusion that the vice president would step in to replace the president in times of crisis. The office itself has been an afterthought, a punchline, and an Achilles heel for the president. But vice presidents of the United States have also acted as stabilizers, tiebreakers and architects of critical policy despite the office being described by one disgruntled VP as "not worth a bucket of warm spit." So what happens when the President of the United States can't fulfill their duties due to death, illness or incapacity? In this one-hour film, The American Vice President, we will focus in on the fraught period between 1963 and 1976 when a grief-stricken, then scandal stricken America was forced to confront the purpose of the vice president and the succession process through the evolution of the 25th amendment.
American Coup: Wilmington 1898 tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina's largest city in 1898 -- the only coup d'etat in the history of the US. Stoking fears of "Negro Rule," self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington's democratically-elected, multi-racial government. Dozens of Black residents were murdered, and thousands were banished. The story of what happened in Wilmington was suppressed for decades until descendants and scholars began to investigate. Today, many of those descendants -- Black and White -- seek the truth about this intentionally buried history.
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long fight for equality and accessibility and the determined people who put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal to change the lives of 43 million Americans.
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long fight for equality and accessibility and the determined people who put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal to change the lives of 43 million Americans.
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long fight for equality and accessibility and the determined people who put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal to change the lives of 43 million Americans.
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long fight for equality and accessibility and the determined people who put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal to change the lives of 43 million Americans.
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long fight for equality and accessibility and the determined people who put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal to change the lives of 43 million Americans.
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long fight for equality and accessibility and the determined people who put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal to change the lives of 43 million Americans.
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