American Experience Season 13

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13x01 The Rockefellers (1) aired Oct 16, 2000

Biography of the family through four generations and their changing ideas on the use of money and power in America.

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13x02 The Rockefellers (2) aired Oct 23, 2000

Continuation of the biography of one of America's wealthiest and most influential families.

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13x03 Secrets of a Master Builder aired Oct 30, 2000

The contributions of James B. Eads in understanding and altering the great Mississippi River during the second half of the 19th century.

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13x04 Return with Honor aired Nov 13, 2000

An account of American P.O.W.s in Vietnam and their return to life in the United States.

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13x05 Streamliners: America's Lost Trains aired Feb 05, 2001

Chronicle of the short epoch when sleek passenger trains dominated American transportation.

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13x06 Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind aired Feb 12, 2001

The story of Marcus Garvey, his ideas for Black re-settlement in Liberia, and his controversial ideas on race relations.

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13x07 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (1): Ambition aired Feb 19, 2001

Abraham Lincoln-was born into poverty; Mary Todd, however, grew up in luxury, the daughter of a Kentucky banker and slave owner. (Several of her brothers wou... read more

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13x08 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (2): We Are Elected aired Feb 19, 2001

When the Lincolns arrive in Washington, D.C., in 1861, the president-elect is deemed untested and is mistrusted; Mary, meanwhile, is suspected of being a Con... read more

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13x09 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (3): Shattered aired Feb 20, 2001

In 1863, when opposition to the Civil War spread among Northerners: some see the high level of casualties as unacceptable, while others resent fighting to fr... read more

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13x10 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (4): The Dearest of All Things aired Feb 20, 2001

False allegations of rape taint the record of justice in Alabama during the early 1930s.

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13x11 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (5): The Frightful War aired Feb 21, 2001

A story of the flooding of the Mississippi River in 1927 and how it exposed social and racial problems beyond the natural disaster itself.

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13x12 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (6): Blind with Weeping aired Feb 21, 2001

Chronicle of the short life of one of America's first nationally-recognized songwriters.

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13x13 Scottsboro: An American Tragedy aired Apr 02, 2001

The story of the Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's childhoods and their courtship is told.

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13x14 Fatal Flood aired Apr 16, 2001

A story of the flooding of the Mississippi River in 1927 and how it exposed social and racial problems beyond the natural disaster itself.

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13x15 Stephen Foster aired Apr 23, 2001

Chronicle of the short life of one of America's first nationally-recognized songwriters.

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13x16 The Hurricane of '38 aired Nov 17, 1993

Chronicle of the short epoch when sleek passenger trains dominated American transportation.

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13x17 Abraham And Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (4): The Dearest of All Things aired Feb 20, 2001

Mary struggles with personal grief, as Abraham Lincoln becomes consumed with the nation's tragedy.

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13x18 Abraham And Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (2): We Are Elected aired Feb 19, 2001

Sheds light on the Lincoln marriage during Abraham's time in Congress and his run for president.

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13x19 Jubilee Singers aired May 01, 2000

In the chaotic decade following the Civil War, a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, set out on a mission to save their financially troubled sc... read more

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