American Experience
Praised as the "finest documentary series on television," AMERICAN EXPERIENCE brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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The Luckiest ManThey called him “the iron horse.” Seemingly impervious to injury or illness, ... -
Hoops and Laughter: The Harlem GlobetrottersNearly two decades before the NBA, a team of African American basketball players ... -
RFK Announces King's DeathOn June 5, 1968, Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot in ... -
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Chapter 1Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for ... -
An Extraordinary LawOn May 6, 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was signed into law by President ... -
United States v. Wong Kim ArkOn March 28, 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. ... -
Victims of Bonnie and ClydeOn April 13, 1933, the local authorities in Joplin, Missouri decided to ... -
Parchman PrisonIn May of 1961, the Freedom Riders crossed into Mississippi. They entered a ... -
The "Scopes Monkey Trial"The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes was decided on July 21, 1925: ... -
The U.S. In Hitler's OlympicsThe U.S. Olympic committee was threatening to spoil the party by boycotting the ... -
When Barbara Met GeorgeBarbara Pierce met George Bush when she was just 16 at a Christmas dance in ... -
The Island Murder: Chapter 1Watch Chapter 1 of The Island Murder. -
First White Settlers in Hawai’iThe first white Americans to settle in the Islands arrived in the 1820s intent ... -
Lowering the Hawaiian FlagWhen the flag of the Hawaiian people came down in 1898, there was an amazing ... -
This is my brotherAt American Experience, sometimes we don’t know the full story behind archival ... -
A Ride Through MemphisMattie L. Woods and Willa F. Buford-Hart have lived in and around Memphis all ... -
The Demonstration that SparkedIn 1967, a demonstration at the University of Wisconsin was the first violent ... -
Police Tactics at the DOW DemonstrationIn October of 1967, a massive protest at the University of Wisconsin turned ... -
Death of a ColonelIn October 1967, a Viet Cong ambush nearly wiped out an American battalion, ... -
Napalm in VietnamIn 1965, The Dow Company — best known at that time for making Saran Wrap — ... -
Eugene Bullard: An American in FranceFilmmaker Stephen Ives introduces Eugene Bullard, a young boy from who escaped ...
