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Clip: Season 29 Episode 6 | 2m
PBS and American Experience present an inside look at the new film RUBY RIDGE, a detailed look at the deadly 1992 standoff in northern Idaho between the federal government and the Weaver family. Drawing upon eyewitness accounts, including interviews with Weaver’s daughter, Sara, and federal agents, RUBY RIDGE is a riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia.
Aired: 02/14/17
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On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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