Hillary’s Story
In 1835, white workers faced poor wages and long hours. BUT instead of fighting for labor laws, they took their anger out on black run businesses in Washington, D.C. known as the Snow Riot.

Tina’s Story
Throughout the mid20th century, the US faced an immigration problem not unlike today. BUT the solution resulted in one of the largest mass deportation in American history.

Sources
Hillary's Story
Cultural Tourism DC
Epicurean Eating House/Snow Riot Site, African American Heritage Trail

Emancipation DC
The Snow Riot

Histories of the National Mall
Snow Riot

History News Network
Francis Scott Key's Shameful Role in the "Snow Riot"--Washington DC's First Race Riot

NPR (Books)
August 'Snow-Storm' Brought Devastation To D.C.

Washington Post
The 'Snow Riot'--by Jefferson Morley

Wikipedia
Snow Riot

Photos
Anna Maria Thornton--screenshot of painting by Gilbert Stewart via NPR Books WLRN
Beverly Snow's Restaurant--unknown artist via Wikipedia (public domain)

Tina's Story
Britannica
Operation Wetback--by Brent Funderburk

CATO Institute
Enforcement Didn’t End Unlawful Immigration in 1950s, More Visas Did--by Alex Nowrasteh

History
The Largest Mass Deportation in American History

Imagine Mexico
Operation Wetback: Most Massive Deportation of Undocumented Mexicans in USA History

Immigration History
Operation Wetback

NPR
It Came Up In The Debate: Here Are 3 Things To Know About 'Operation Wetback'--by Eyder Peralta

Philadelphia Tribune
“Operation Wetback”: America's Worst Mass Deportation--by Michael Coard

Slate
What the Mass Deportation of Immigrants Might Look Like--by Louis Hyman and Natasha Iskander

Southern Poverty Law Center (Facebook page)
Operation Wetback

Timeline
“Operation Wetback” uprooted a million lives and tore families apart. Sound familiar?--by Laura Smith

Vox
Operation Wetback, the 1950s immigration policy Donald Trump loves, explained--by Dara Lind

Wikipedia
Operation Wetback

Photos
Mexican immigrants held by Border Patrol during Operation Wetback--from US Border Patrol Museum (public domain) via Wikipedia
Dwight D. Eisenhower--from White House Presidential Library (public domain) via Wikipedia
Lieutenant General Joseph M. Swing--from Harry S. Truman Library & Museum (public domain) via Wikipedia

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Tina’s Story
Daniel Sickles, known for his intellect and friendship with James Buchanan, made a name for himself in politics. BUT it’s his wife’s infidelity that leads to a crime of passion and a newfound defense plea.

Hillary’s Story
Federal judge Samuel B. Kent was well respected since his appointment to the bench in 1990, BUT when he made unwanted advances to staff members, he faced impeachment.

Sources
Tina's Story
All That's Interesting
How Congressman Daniel Sickles Admitted To Killing His Wife’s Lover And Got Away With It--by Genevieve Carlton

Emerging Civil War
Dan Sickles and the Temporary Insanity Defense--by Todd Arrington

Encyclopedia.com
Daniel Sickles Trial: 1859

Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit
The Murder of Phillip Barton Key

History
Daniel Sickles

Nursing Clio
“Ample Justification for the Deed”: Public Interest in the “Sickles Tragedy” as Gender Performance--by Sarah Adler

Unresolved
The Assassination of Philip Barton Key

Wikipedia
Philip Barton Key II

WLRN
'Star Spangled Scandal': How An 1859 Sensationalized Crime Set A Modern Day Precedent--by Jessica Taylor

Women History Blog
Wife Of Union General Daniel Sickles

Photos
Daniel Sickles--public domain, Library of Congress via Wikipedia
Teresa Sickles--public domain via Wikipedia
Philip Barton Key--public domain via Wikipedia
Illustration of Sickles shooting Key--public domain via Wikipedia

Hillary's Story
ABC News
Federal Judge Indicted in Sex Abuse Case--by Theresa Cook and Gina Sunseri

Chron.
Casey: Judge Kent soap opera goes beyond guilty plea--by Rick Casey
Disgraced ex-judge Kent out of prison, confined to cabin--by Lise Olsen
Judge Kent's impeachment came fast and furious--by Stewart Powell

CNN
Victims allege years of sexual misconduct by federal judge--by Tom Cohen

Congress
H. Rept. 111-159 - IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE SAMUEL B. KENT

Constitutional Law Reporter
JUDGE SAMUEL B KENT AVOIDED IMPEACHMENT BY RESIGNING

Library of Congress
Federal Impeachment

New York Times
Judge Sentenced to Prison for Lying About Harassment--by James C. McKinlye, Jr.

Southeast Texas Record
5th Circuit denies Kent's disability status, recommends impeachment--by Marilyn Tennissen

US Department of Justice
U.S. District Court Judge Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Obstruction of Justice

Wikipedia
Samuel B. Kent

Photos
Judge Samuel B. Kent--from US Distict of the Southern District of Texas via public domain
Samuel Kent and his wife outside courthouse--by Mayra Beltran via the Houston Chronicle
Cathy McBroom and Donna Wilkerson--via The University of Texas at Austin Center for Women's & Gender Studies

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Tina’s Story:
In 1986, Budd Dwyer found himself mired in a political bribery scandal. His alleged decision to take a 300K kickback mucked up his pristine reputation as Pennsylvania state treasurer. Dwyer professed his innocence and had a loyal following of supporters, but with an upcoming sentencing, Dwyer’s back was up against the wall. Then, he made a fateful decision that shocked Pennsylvania residents and gripped the nation.

Hillary’s Story:
In 1887, Kentucky House Representative William Preston Taulbee faces major repercussions after local journalist Charles Kincaid exposes Taulbee’s affair with a young, beautiful teenage clerk. With a marriage on the rocks and ruined career, Taulbee terrorizes Kincaid for years, until a fateful encounter on the stairs of a basement restaurant in the Capitol Building.

Sources:

Tina's Story
Wikipedia
R. Budd Dwyer

From Eighty Four Films:
Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer

All That’s Interesting
R. Budd Dwyer and the Death of an “Honest Man”

Ranker
The Video of Budd Dwyer’s Suicide is Infamous, but Do You Know Why He Did It?

Associated Press--Michael Hirsh
“Dwyer Eulogized as Innocent Victim”

Penn Live
“Former Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer's controversial death re-examined in new film”

The Morning Call
“DWYER SOUGHT SPECTER'S HELP TO GET A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON”

Washington Post--Elanor Randolph
“WITNESSES TO DEATH JOURNALISTS QUESTION THEIR ROLE"

Associated Press--David Morris
“Pennsylvania Treasurer Kills Self At News Conference”

LA Times
“Family to Get $1.28-Million Pension in Suicide of Pennsylvania Official”

PetaPixel
“The Day That Made AP Photographers Switch to 100% Color Film”

New York Times
“Governor’s Widow Goes to Senate”

Photos
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Photograph of Budd Dwyer--1980s

Dwyer Family
Budd Dwyer swearing in as Pennsylvanian state treasurer, 1984

News Lanc
Dwyer Final Statements

Observer Gazette
Dwyer Moments Before Death

Hillary's Story
Encyclopedia.com
Charles Kincaid Trial: 1891--Mark Thorburn

NPR
"A Historic Killing at the Capitol Building"

Law Library
"Kincaid Pleads Self-Defense"

Photos
Skeptical Inquirer
Taulbee as a young man--copy by Joe Nickell

WAMU Radio
Charles Kincaid Drawing--Robert Pohl

NPR
Taulbee Scandal Article--from 1887 Washington Post

Quest-France
Bloody Staircase Photo

NPR
Bloody Staircase Close Up Photo--Peter Overby

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