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Mike Wiser
Vanessa Fica
Philip Bennett
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Brooke Nelson Alexander
EDITOR
Elliott Choi
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE
Colette Neirouz Hanna
STORY EDITOR
Lauren Prestileo
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ben McCoy
NARRATOR
Will Lyman
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Olivia DelVecchio
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Brooke Nelson Alexander
ASSISTANT EDITOR
O. Deborah Afolayan
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Christina Lamagna
ORIGINAL MUSIC
John E. Low
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Elliott Choi
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
David Randag
SOUND
Drew Levinson
ADDITIONAL REPORTERS
Jim Gilmore
Gabrielle Schonder
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Christopher Horne
ADDITIONAL SOUND
Michael Kranicke
Jason Pawlak
Tom Levy
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Carl Franson
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Jim Ferguson
SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan
VOICEOVER
Jeremiah Kissel
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38 JOIS - Spring 86 Photo Archives
ABC News VideoSource
Ahmed Gaber/NYT-Redux-Rea/Redux
Al Drago/The New York Times/Redux
Alamy
Alan Marcus
Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Redux
Annamaria Forcier
Anonymous via Storyful
Archivio GBB/Mondadori Portfol/Camera Press/Redux
Associated Press
Axiom Images
Barton Silverman/The New York Times/Redux
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Brendan McDermid/Reuters/Redux
California State Printing Office
CBS News/Veritone
Chester Higgins Jr/The New York Times/Redux
Christopher Morris/VII/Redux
CNN
Courtesy of KGO-TV
Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California.
Damon Winter/The New York Times/Redux
Dave Sanders/The New York Times/Redux
David Butow/Redux
Diego Radzinsch / © 2024 ALM Global Properties, LLC
Dina Litovsky/Redux
Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux
Dr Yalda T. Uhls founding CEO the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA
Elena Dorfman/Redux
Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters/Redux
Erin Schaff/Reuters/Redux
Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Redux
Footage Courtesy of the Nikki Haskell Show
Footage File, LLC.
FOX Archives/FOX News Channel
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times/Redux
Gabriella Demczuk
Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times/Redux
Getty Images
Getty Images/NBC News Archives
Harpo Productions, Inc.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy Archives
Inez Brown
Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley
Jack Manning/The New York Times/Redux
Jason Andrew/The New York Times/Redux
Jason Doiy
Jeffrey Braverman
Jim Wilson/The New York Times/Redux
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Redux
Jordan Gale/The New York Times/Redux
Journeyman Pictures
Kamala Harris Campaign
Karen Gibbs
King Library and Archives/King Center
Kinolibrary
KPIX
KQED Inc.
KRON 4
LOLA CLIPS/RONA BARRETT ENTERPRSIES
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, UCLA Library Special Collections
Marc Asnin/Redux
Mark Peterson/Redux
Melanie Miles
MGM Studios
Michael Baytoff/Baytoff Pictures
Myron Ort Films
NBCUniversal Archives
New York Military Academy
Office of California Attorney General
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson
Paul Hosefros/The New York Times/Redux
Paul Onish
Paula White
Paula White Ministries
Platon/Trunk Archive
Producers Library
Rasmus Productions
Reuters
Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Robyn Twomey/Redux
Ron Haviv/VII/Redux
San Francisco Chronicle
Scott Frances/OTTO
Screenocean/Reuters
Shutterstock
Stacey Johnson Batiste
Standford University Special Collections
State of California
State of California Department of Justice
Stephen Fisher Productions
Streamline Films
Susan Ragan/Redux
The Berkeley Gazette
The Press of Atlantic City
Timothy White Photography/AUGUST Image
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Wanda Kagan
Westmount High School
White House Communications Agency
Willy Rizzo
WMUR-TV
Zuma Press
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Access Hollywood
Bloomberg
British Pathé
CBS
Chuck Modiano
CNBC
CNN
David Letterman
Entertainment Magazine
Esquire
FOX
Kamala Harris and Penguin Books
Kamala Harris for District Attorney
KCTV 5 News
KGO
KRON-TV
KTVU
Mary Trump
MSNBC
National Enquirer
News2Share
NBC
New York Daily News
New York Magazine
New York Post
Newsweek
PBS NewsHour
People Magazine
Rysher TPE
Tamara Burns
TD Jakes Ministries
The Blaze Now
The Donald Trump Campaign
The Hare Krishna Monk
The Hill
The New York Times
TV Guide
TV Weekly
Universal Newsreel
WNET
Yahoo News
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