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American Experience Season 8

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8x01 Murder of the Century aired Oct 16, 1995

The nation is fascinated by the high-profile murder of a famous architect, apparently because of jealousy over a popular female stage performer.

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8x02 Edison's Miracle of Light aired Oct 23, 1995

Inventor Thomas A. Edison experiments with electricity, long-burning filaments, and glass bulbs to give America an alternative to gas lights.

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8x03 Chicago 1968 aired Nov 13, 1995

The nation watches a political convention that in many ways is a symbol of the turbulent times in which it was held.

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8x04 The Orphan Trains aired Nov 27, 1995

The story of orphaned inner-city children shipped to rural locations and new lives as part of a social engineering experiment.

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8x05 Freedom on My MInd aired Jan 15, 1996

An account of the struggle to register African Americans to vote in the state of Mississippi in the 1960s.

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8x06 Daley: The Last Boss aired Jan 22, 1996

Biography of Chicago mayor Richard Daley, considered one of the last major heads of big city "machine" politics in the United States.

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8x07 The Battle Over Citizen Kane aired Jan 29, 1996

Orson Welles' movie stirs the ire of publisher William Randolph Hearst, the man who the film was patterned after.

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8x08 The Wright Stuff aired Feb 12, 1996

The story of Wilbur and Orville Wright and the earliest days of aviation.

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8x09 Spy in the Sky aired Feb 26, 1996

The Cold War forces the United States to build very high altitude U2 planes to record photographs of opposing nations.

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8x10 T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1): The Long Campaign aired Oct 06, 1996

The colorful life of Teddy Roosevelt, from frail youth to larger-than-life persona.

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