American Experience Season 15

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15x01 Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who? aired Nov 11, 2002

The story of the Georgia governor who won the presidency and the numerous challenges that plagued his administration.

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15x02 Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage aired Nov 12, 2002

The story of the Georgia governor who won the presidency and the numerous challenges that plagued his administration.

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15x03 Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis aired Jan 13, 2003

City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that... read more

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15x04 Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun aired Jan 14, 2003

City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that... read more

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15x05 Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago aired Jan 15, 2003

City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that... read more

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15x06 The Murder of Emmett Till aired Jan 20, 2003

In August 1955, a fourteen-year-old black boy whistled at a white woman in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago, didn't un... read more

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15x07 Transcontinental Railroad aired Jan 27, 2003

The combination of ambition, money, and power that led to the completion of the famous railway that spanned America's west.

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15x08 Partners of the Heart aired Feb 10, 2003

A tale of the partnership between a white doctor and a young African-American in pioneering cardiac surgical procedures during the World War II era.

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15x09 The Pill aired Feb 24, 2003

The discoveries that led to the birth control pill and its subsequent impact on American women.

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15x10 Daughter from Danang aired Apr 07, 2003

The story of the daughter of a Vietnamese woman and an American naval officer as she grows up in the United States.

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15x11 Seabiscuit aired Apr 21, 2003

He was boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn't completely straighten, a short straggly tail and an ungainly gait, but though he didn't look the part, Seabiscuit... read more

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15x12 Bataan Rescue aired Jul 07, 2003

The daring rescue by US Army Rangers of American POWs captured on Bataan as World War II came to a close.

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15x13 Murder at Harvard aired Jul 14, 2003

A modern re-creation of the possible events behind the sensational murder of Dr. George Parkman in 1849 Boston.

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15x14 Jimmy Carter aired Feb 21, 2011

A profile of former president Jimmy Carter. In 1980, after one term, he lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan, receiving 41 percent of the popular vote. In th... read more

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