American Experience (1988)
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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1. Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP2025-02-24 · 1h 53mWhile many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activ
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2. Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act2025-03-24 · 53mThe emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. A stor
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3. Mr. Polaroid2025-03-31 · 52mBefore the iPhone, the Polaroid camera let people instantly chronicle their lives. Along with instant photo mania, its company culture became the model for Silicon Valley. Mr. Pola
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4. Clearing the Air: The War on Smog2025-08-26 · 53mA chronicle of how Los Angeles' devastating smog problem in the 1940s and 50s led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air Act.
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5. Hard Hat Riot2025-09-30 · 1h 21mHard Hat Riot tells the story of a struggling metropolis, a flailing president, a divided people, and a bloody juncture when the nation violently diverged ― culminating in a new po
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6. Kissinger (1): The Necessity of Power2025-10-27 · 1h 23mThe story of Henry Kissinger, the enigmatic powerbroker who served in the topmost echelons of U.S. diplomacy. Celebrated or reviled, his contradictions reflect those central to lat
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7. Kissinger (2): The Opportunist2025-10-28 · 1h 23mDiscover how Henry Kissinger's anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, China, Chile, and the Soviet Union in the second half of the 20th century, through th
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8. Bombshell2026-01-06 · 1h 23mThe efforts of a group of intrepid reporters to let the world know the truth about the bombings of Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
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