US presidential history
Landmark moments in US presidential history told by the people who were there
Chef to five presidents
Cristeta Comerford was the first woman and person of colour to the White House's top chef
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Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal
In 1933, President Roosevelt enacted the New Deal to drag the US out of depression
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Confronting Betty Ford’s addiction
In 1978, former first lady Betty Ford sought help for addiction
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The Situation Room photograph
The story behind the Situation Room photograph during the raid to kill Bin Laden in 2011
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The first televised US presidential debate
In 1956, US presidential candidates sent female representatives to the first debate on TV
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Bush v Gore: The election decided in the Supreme Court
The US presidential election of 2000 was one of the most contested in history
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President Richard Nixon resigns
In 1974, Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign
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US Presidential Transitions
What exactly goes on during the months between election and inauguration?
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With the president on 9/11
How former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card broke news of 9/11 to President Bush
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The Impeachment of Bill Clinton
The Senate chamber was turned into a court to put the president on trial, 7 January 1999
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Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority
How US religious conservatives organised in the 1970s to get Republicans elected.
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Black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
The first major-party black candidate to make a bid for the US Presidency in 1972
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The US Voting Rights Act of 1965
The landmark legislation was introduced to ensure the rights of African Americans to vote
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Eisenhower's Farewell Address
American president Dwight Eisenhower's great farewell address
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When JFK won the US presidency
The US election of 1960 was a close race between John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
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Puerto Rican attack at the US Capitol
How independence campaigners opened fire in Congress in 1954, wounding five US law-makers
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