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From the first shots of the Boston Massacre to the surrender at Yorktown, Va., African American men and women play a crucial role in winning America's fight for independence.
From the first shots of the Boston Massacre to the surrender at Yorktown, Va., African American men and women play a crucial role in winning America's fight for independence.
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Legends & Lies: The Real West
S1, EP1 "Jesse James"In the aftermath of the Civil War, Jesse James and his gang embark on a brutal campaign of violence that blurs the line between robbery and domestic terrorism; legend makes Jesse James out to be a heroic bandit, but the truth lies somewhere darker.
Legends & Lies: The Real West
S1, EP2 "Kit Carson: Duty Before Honor"Frontiersman and Army officer Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson's many accomplishments are exaggerated in news stories and dime novels.
Legends & Lies: The Real West
S1, EP3 "Doc Holliday"John Henry Holliday is a respectable Atlanta dentist diagnosed with a terminal disease; he resorts to a risky life of gambling and violence and meets Wyatt Earp, a bona fide outlaw with a story all his own.
Legends & Lies: The Real West
S2, EP12 "How Freedom Was Won"Highlighting the struggle and personal sacrifice of Patriot heroes and taking a chronological march through the American Revolution; what begins as a battle for the rights of British citizens turns into a violent class war.
Legends & Lies: The Real West
S2, EP10 "Forgotten Heroes"From the first shots of the Boston Massacre to the surrender at Yorktown, Va., African American men and women play a crucial role in winning America's fight for independence.
Legends & Lies: The Real West
S2, EP9 "Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr-Deadly Division"Sitting Vice President to Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr kills long time political rival, Alexander Hamilton in a duel over accusations of corruption; Burr faces murder charges and attempts to annex Florida and Texas before leaving office.
Legends & Lies: The Real West
S2, EP2 "John Adams:Ready for War"The first shots fire at the battle of Lexington and Concord; John Adams defends British troops killed at the Boston Massacre.
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