American Experience Season 24

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24x01 Billy the Kid aired Jan 10, 2012

A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy to the most feared man in t... read more

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24x02 Custer's Last Stand aired Jan 17, 2012

A profile of Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1839-76), nicknamed "the boy general" for his Civil War exploits, who died with many other members of the 7th Cava... read more

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24x03 Clinton: Part One aired Feb 20, 2012

Part 1 of a two-part profile of former president Bill Clinton charts his path from Hope, Ark., to Washington, D.C., ending midway through his first term when... read more

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24x04 Clinton: Part Two aired Feb 21, 2012

Hour 2 chronicles the tumultuous first two years of the Clinton presidency, years that see the beginning of the Whitewater scandal, the shocking death of Dep... read more

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24x05 The Amish aired Feb 28, 2012

Clinton wins the 1996 election in a landslide, pulling off one of the greatest turnarounds in political history. But events have been set in motion that will... read more

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24x06 Grand Coulee Dam aired Apr 03, 2012

The conclusion of the Bill Clinton biography recalls the Monica Lewinsky scandal, which led to Clinton becoming the second U.S. president to be impeached. It... read more

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24x07 Jesse Owens aired May 01, 2012

The first documentary to deeply penetrate and explore this profoundly attention-averse group, The Amish answers many questions Americans have about this insi... read more

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24x08 Death and the Civil War aired Sep 18, 2012

With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before -- ... read more

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24x09 Jesse Owens aired May 01, 2012

Despite Jesse Owens' remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a place for himself in a Unit... read more

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24x10 Death and the Civil War aired Sep 18, 2012

With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before -- ... read more

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