American Experience S30E09 · The Eugenics Crusade

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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.

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4. 4 4. The Bombing of Wall Street2018-02-13 · 55mExplore the story behind the first terrorist attack in the U.S., a mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center that left 38 dead – a crime that remains unsolved
5. 5 5. The Island Murder2018-04-17 · 55mIn the summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders. What unfolded in the fol
6. 6 6. The Chinese Exclusion Act2018-05-29 · 55mThe origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already there to become U.S. citizens.
7. 7 7. The Circus (1)2018-10-08 · 55mExplore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment during an era when master showmen P.T. Barnum, James Bailey and the Ringling Broth
8. 8 8. The Circus (2)2018-10-09 · 55mRevisit the heyday of this distinctly American form of entertainment when former rivals Barnum, Bailey and the Ringling Brothers joined forces to present the “greatest show on eart
9. 9 9. The Eugenics Crusade2018-10-16 · 55mThe Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledglin