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US presidential history special

Inside JFK's election victory, plus the pioneering Shirley Chisholm, the Watergate hearings, the rise of the religious right and President Bush's 9/11

Eyewitness accounts of moments in US presidential history: Inside JFK's election victory, remembering Shirley Chisholm - the first African American from a major party to make a presidential run, plus a senator's account of the Watergate hearings, the rise of the religious right and the story of President Bush's 9/11.

Photo: US President John F. Kennedy giving his first State of the Union address to Congress in January 1961. (Credit: NASA/SSPL/Getty Images)

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53 minutes

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Tue 3 Nov 2020 00:06GMT
大象传媒 World Service

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  • Sat 31 Oct 2020 14:06GMT
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  • Tue 3 Nov 2020 00:06GMT
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