American Experience Season 7

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7x01 FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921) aired Oct 11, 1994

"FDR," a two-part biography of the Nation's only four-term President. Part 1 examines his privileged upbringing; his marriage to his distant cousin Eleanor; ... read more

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7x02 FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933) aired Oct 11, 1994

"FDR" concludes with a review of his Presidency, including his "New Deal" policies; and his wartime alliances with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. Narra... read more

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7x03 FDR (3): The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940) aired Oct 12, 1994

A program that examines America's fascination with spiritualism and the occult in the second half of the 1800s.

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7x04 FDR (4): The Juggler (1940-1945) aired Oct 12, 1994

Oscar Micheaux and the History of Race. Oscar Micheaux wrote, produced and directed over 40 movies and despite this was really not known because he was Afric... read more

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7x05 Telegrams from the Dead aired Oct 19, 1994

American forces moving toward Germany to end the war are opposed by a deadly counter-offensive that leads to a great loss of life.

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7x06 Midnight Ramble aired Oct 26, 1994

Examining the struggle to legalize the vote for women, with a focus on the partnership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the movement's founder... read more

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7x07 Battle of the Bulge aired Nov 09, 1994

"The Way West," a chronicle of the American expansion west of the Mississippi and its tragic consequences for Native Americans. The first part examines h... read more

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7x08 America's War on Poverty, Part 1: In This Affluent Society aired Jan 16, 1995

The third part examines the fight for the last remaining Native American territories. Included: the treaty-breaching plunder of the Black Hills of the Dakota... read more

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7x09 America's War on Poverty, Part 2: Given A Chance aired Jan 16, 1995

This first episode looks at the early life of FDR. Born into a wealthy family, there was little about his youth that would suggest the giant of history that ... read more

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7x10 America's War on Poverty, Part 3: City of Promise aired Jan 17, 1995

The struggle of the women's movement and the 19th Amendment that finally extended national suffrage to women.

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7x11 America's War on Poverty, Part 4: In Service to America aired Jan 17, 1995

The struggle of the women's movement and the 19th Amendment that finally extended national suffrage to women.

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7x12 America's War on Poverty, Part 5: My Brother's Keeper aired Jan 18, 1995

The programs devised to help the American underclass in the 1960s and their successes and failures.

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7x13 One Woman, One Vote aired Feb 15, 1995

The westward expansion of the United States and the re-shaping of the destiny of white and native people - from the Gold Rush to Wounded Knee.

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7x14 One Woman, One Vote (2) aired Feb 15, 1995

The westward expansion of the United States and the re-shaping of the destiny of white and native people - from the Gold Rush to Wounded Knee.

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7x15 The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864) aired May 08, 1995

The westward expansion of the United States and the re-shaping of the destiny of white and native people - from the Gold Rush to Wounded Knee.

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7x16 The Way West (2): The Approach of Civilization (1865-1869) aired May 08, 1995

Chronicles the crackdown on Native American tribes across the Northwest in the aftermath of the Battle of the Little Big Horn in June 1876, and charts the fi... read more

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7x17 The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876) aired May 09, 1995

Challenges and triumphs of an unassuming midwesterner who was thrust into the role of national leader.

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7x18 The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893) aired May 09, 1995

In this last episode, the story turns to the war years. The days leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II were turbule... read more

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7x19 FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933) aired Oct 12, 1994

In this second episode, the subject is FDR's courageous fight with polio. With his wife Eleanor Roosevelt at his side, FDR, wins the Democratic nomination fo... read more

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