ABC Close-Up! S1:E2

Cast the First Stone

What's the Proposition?

The Money Raisers

Yanki No!

Tracing anti-U.S. sentiment as it builds in Latin America, Yanki No! juxtaposes the candid humanity of life in a Caracas slum with the actions of diplomats and political figures, including Cuba’s Fidel Castro addressing a rally of one million people.

Featherbedding?

The Red and the Black

X-Pilot

A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.

The Children Were Watching

Six-year-old Yolanda Gabrielle, escorted by her mother, becomes the target of the taunts of a crowd of shouting segregationists as she makes her way to school, one of the few white children to continue attending after four African-American students were admitted to her first-grade class. Tessie Prevost, also 6, receives the protection of U.S. Marshals to enter and leave the nearly empty school, as do the other three African-American children. The ugly crowd swarms the Gabrielle’s home after school, and Yolanda’s father comes home only to tell his wife that he’s been provoked by angry co-workers to quit his job.

Adventures on the New Frontier

A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.

I Remember

90 Miles to Communism

C'est la Guerre

Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)

Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)

The Flabby American

The Troubled Land

Our Durable Diplomats