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American Experience, television's most-watched history series, brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form our nation. Get stories to go in this podcast, or tune in to PBS Monday nights. American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston.
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A preview of American Experience's spring programs on PBS | American Experience
Executive producer Mark Samels previews two new programs coming to American Experience this spring, Monday nights at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
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Hijacked | American Experience
September 6, 1970 gave birth to a new era of terrorism.
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Reconstruction: The Second Civil War: Plantations in Ruins | American Experience
After the Civil War, North and South had to reconcile. And four million former slaves had to be brought into the life of the nation. Kate Stone of Louisiana and Fan Butler of Georgia were two young women who found their family plantations in ruins.
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Reconstruction: The Second Civil War: Civil Rights | American Experience
After the Civil War, North and South had to reconcile. And four million former slaves had to be brought into the life of the nation. John Roy Lynch, a former slave from Mississippi, was elected to Congress, where he challenged whites' deepest beliefs about race and class.
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Jesse James | American Experience
A Confederate partisan of expansive ambition, unbending politics and surprising cunning, Jesse James helped invent his own legend.
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The Nuremberg Trials | American Experience
At the end of World War II, the Allied victors tried Nazi war criminals for crimes against humanity. The trials set historic precedents for international law.
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John and Abigail Adams | American Experience
The letters of John and Abigail Adams provide us with an intimate account of the early days of the Republic. They also tell the story of a great American political and romantic partnership.
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Eleanor Roosevelt | American Experience
In July 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt makes a compelling speech and unites the party at the Democratic National Convention.
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Reagan: Summit at Reykjavik | American Experience
In October 1986 President Ronald Reagan met Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev for a summit at Reykjavik. While no agreement was made, the summit was a historical breakthrough.
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Reagan: From Acting to Politics | American Experience
In 1966, when Ronald Reagan ran for governor of California, his opponent derided his lack of experience and Hollywood background.
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Behind the Scenes: Presidential Biographies | American Experience
American Experience executive producer Mark Samels and documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Deane and David Grubin discuss two of their presidential biographies, "John & Abigail Adams" and "LBJ."
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Patriots Day | American Experience
Every year the historic events of April 19, 1775 are reenacted by a committed band of historical actors.
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The Fight: Behind the Scenes: Authors and Filmmakers | American Experience
Book author David Margolick and documentary producer Barak Goodman discuss the process of working together on the same story.
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Tupperware! | American Experience
Bite-sized nuggets of positive thinking from two post-war success stories: Earl Tupper, inventor of Tupperware, and Brownie Wise, home party sales genius.
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Influenza 1918 | American Experience
A deadly flu invades North America -- killing over 600,000 people in the worst epidemic in American history.
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Behind the Scenes: City Biographies | American Experience
American Experience executive producer Mark Samels and documentary filmmakers Stephen Ives and Austin Hoyt discuss their work on city biographies of Las Vegas and Chicago.
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Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: The Color Line | American Experience
In the 1960s, Las Vegas was a segregated city. But the color line was about to turn green: the color of money.
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Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Atomic City, U.S.A. | American Experience
During the cold war, Las Vegas used nearby nuclear testing grounds as a tourist attraction.
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Victory in the Pacific | American Experience
In early 1945 Japan knows it cannot win World War II, but it will not surrender. The U.S. launches a major bombing campaign.
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Race To The Moon | American Experience
Apollo 8 was the first manned flight to the moon. The crew made many important visual observations, including mankind's first glance at the moon.
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