American Experience Season 21

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21x01 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer aired Jan 26, 2009

The career of America's most famous and controversial nuclear physicist and his fall from grace during the Cold War.

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21x02 The Polio Crusade aired Feb 02, 2009

The human story behind the massive American effort to eliminate the debilitating effects of the polio virus and the truly untested nature of Salk's original ... read more

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21x03 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln aired Feb 09, 2009

On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Over the next twelve days, as a fractured nation mourned, the large... read more

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21x04 A Class Apart aired Feb 23, 2009

A 1951 murder by a Mexican-American laborer brings into question the legal status of Hispanics in the United States.

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21x05 We Shall Remain (1): After the Mayflower aired Apr 13, 2009

A chronicle of the early relations and negotiations between the tribes of what became known as New England and the European settlers.

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21x06 We Shall Remain (2): Tecumseh's Vision aired Apr 20, 2009

The story of a great Native American alliance to counter the 1800s US westward expansion from the Atlantic coast.

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21x07 We Shall Remain (3): Trail of Tears aired Apr 27, 2009

Perspectives on the forced move of the Cherokee from the southeast to the newly established "Indian Territory" of what is now Oklahoma

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21x08 We Shall Remain (4): Geronimo aired May 04, 2009

A portrait of the Chiracahua Apache who was one of the last Native Americans to continue armed resistance in North America.

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21x09 We Shall Remain (5): Wounded Knee aired May 11, 2009

Rebellious Lakota and allies take up arms in 1973 and force an examination of the failures of the reservation system in the United States.

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21x10 The Kennedys: American Experience aired May 19, 2009

Stacy Keach narrates the story of America's first family. The chronicle, which features home movies, archival footage and photos, includes patriarch Joseph K... read more

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