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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GreenwoodIn the early 1900s, a group of black businessmen purchased land in the northeast ...In the early 1900s, a group of black businessmen purchased land in the northeast section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. They called their community Greenwood.
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S33 E1: Chapter 1 | The CodebreakerThe fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking ...The fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today.
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S33 E1: Elizebeth Friedman: Cryptanalyst PioneerElizebeth Smith Friedman was an American codebreaker from Indiana. During ...Elizebeth Smith Friedman was an American codebreaker from Indiana. During Prohibition, her decrypts and testimony brought down international drug rings and liquor smugglers. Friedman’s codebreaking ...
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S33 E1: William Friedman: CryptologistWilliam F. Friedman married Elizebeth Friedman in 1917 and the two began a life ...William F. Friedman married Elizebeth Friedman in 1917 and the two began a life of codebreaking for the U.S. Government. During WWI, they invented new methods of codebreaking and laid the foundation ...
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Mississippi JusticeOn June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers—James Chaney, Michael Schwerner ...On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers—James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman—were brutally executed by the Ku Klux Klan on a secluded dirt road in Neshoba County, Mississippi. ...
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S23 E11: Chapter 1 | Freedom RidersFreedom Riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of ...Freedom Riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever.
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S15 E12: Chapter 1 | The Murder of Emmett TillThe murder of a 14-year-old black boy and the subsequent trial horrified the ...The murder of a 14-year-old black boy and the subsequent trial horrified the nation and the world. Emmett Till's death was a spark that helped mobilize the Civil Rights movement.
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S32 E9: The Race to RatificationThe women of New York came together like nowhere else to push for their ...The women of New York came together like nowhere else to push for their state’s ratification of the 19th Amendment and win a pivotal victory in the long fight for women’s suffrage.
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Chapter 1 | Clinton, Part 2Preview the second half of the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, who ...Preview the second half of the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, who veered between sordid scandal and grand achievement.
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S24 E3: Clinton Chapter 1A biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to ...A biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history.
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S32 E9: The Ongoing FightBlack women have long been at the forefront of the right to vote. Today, 100 ...Black women have long been at the forefront of the right to vote. Today, 100 years after the passage of the 19th Amendment and 55 years after the Voting Rights Act, their fight continues.
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S32 E9: The Early SuffragistsThey were just some of the first generation of suffragists: Elizabeth C. ...They were just some of the first generation of suffragists: Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Sarah Remond, Susan B. Anthony.
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S32 E9: She ResistedShe Resisted explores the final decade of the women’s suffrage movement ...She Resisted explores the final decade of the women’s suffrage movement through its most powerful images, brought to life with color for the first time. Live through the epic 1913 Washington, D.C. ...
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S32 E10: Chapter 1 | The Vote, Part 2Part Two examines the mounting dispute over strategy and tactics, and reveals ...Part Two examines the mounting dispute over strategy and tactics, and reveals how the pervasive racism of the time, particularly in the South, impacted women's fight for the vote.
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S32 E9: Chapter 1 | The Vote, Part 1The hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote.The hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote.
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S32 E9: From Women’s Suffrage to the ERAVirginia recently became the latest state to ratify a constitutional amendment ...Virginia recently became the latest state to ratify a constitutional amendment that the country has been fighting about for nearly 100 years since it was first proposed by Alice Paul and other women's ...
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S32 E9: Black SuffragistsBlack women played an essential role in the suffrage movement.Black women played an essential role in the suffrage movement.
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S32 E9: Alice Paul: The MilitantWhile studying in London, Alice Paul joined the 'suffragettes'. In the summer of ...While studying in London, Alice Paul joined the 'suffragettes'. In the summer of 1909, she and 111 other suffragettes were arrested. In jail, she declared herself a political prisoner, refused ...
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S32 E9: Ida B Wells : The AdvocateIda B. Wells, a prominent journalist exposed racial violence in the South and ...Ida B. Wells, a prominent journalist exposed racial violence in the South and led a trip to Washington, D.C. in 1913 to march in the national suffrage parade.
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S32 E9: Harriot Stanton Blatch: I Believe in WomenA veteran of the suffrage wars, Harriot Stanton Blatch organized labor ...A veteran of the suffrage wars, Harriot Stanton Blatch organized labor activists, spoke to crowds of voting men and lobbied Albany for a suffrage bill.
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S31 E3: Inside Look | Chasing the MoonGet an inside look at the making of Chasing the Moon. Premieres July 8, 9/8c on ...Get an inside look at the making of Chasing the Moon. Premieres July 8, 9/8c on PBS.