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Born into a political dynasty. Tested by political reality. The latest in our award-winning Presidents series, GEORGE W. BUSH premieres May 4 & 5 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/george-w-bush | American Experience | PBS
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Born into a political dynasty. Tested by political reality. The latest in our award-winning Presidents series, GEORGE W. BUSH premieres May 4 & 5 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/george-w-bush | American Experience | PBS
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They met in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states. Watch FREEDOM SUMMER now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomsummer/ | American Experience | PBS
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They met in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states. Watch FREEDOM SUMMER now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomsummer/ | American Experience | PBS
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One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment provided the largest mass voter enfranchisement in American history. Watch THE VOTE, now streaming → pbs.org/thevote | American Experience | PBS
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One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment provided the largest mass voter enfranchisement in American history. Watch THE VOTE, now streaming → pbs.org/thevote | American Experience | PBS
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How fantasy and hubris swept through Los Angeles and led to one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history. Watch FLOOD IN THE DESERT Tue May 3 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flood-desert | American Experience | PBS
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How fantasy and hubris swept through Los Angeles and led to one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history. Watch FLOOD IN THE DESERT Tue May 3 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flood-desert | American Experience | PBS
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Discover 100 years of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, through the memories of living witnesses. Watch GOIN' BACK TO T-TOWN now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/t-town | American Experience | PBS
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Discover 100 years of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, through the memories of living witnesses. Watch GOIN' BACK TO T-TOWN now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/t-town | American Experience | PBS
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The Pilgrims' seminal and oft-misunderstood journey across the Atlantic 400 years ago profoundly shaped American and world history. Check your local station for THE PILGRIMS, beginning Thu Nov 19 → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims | American Experience | PBS
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The Pilgrims' seminal and oft-misunderstood journey across the Atlantic 400 years ago profoundly shaped American and world history. Check your local station for THE PILGRIMS, beginning Thu Nov 19 → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims | American Experience | PBS
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Countdown to relive the journey that defined a generation. CHASING THE MOON begins July 8 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/chasingthemoon | American Experience | PBS
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A standoff on a remote mountaintop in Idaho was a family tragedy — and a spark for the modern American militia movement. Watch RUBY RIDGE Tue Apr 13 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruby-ridge | American Experience | PBS
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Turbulent times turned an artist into a hero. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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In June 1969, police executed a typical raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. Only this time, the patrons fought back. Watch the documentary STONEWALL UPRISING, now streaming → pbs.org/stonewall | American Experience | PBS
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Fifty years ago, on June 28, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn turned into a protest. That protest, in turn, became a pivotal moment in LGBTQ history and the gay civil rights movement. Watch the documentary STONEWALL UPRISING, now streaming → pbs.org/stonewall | American Experience | PBS
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Marian Anderson faced a crowd of more than 75,000 people. When she began to sing, a hush of reverent silence descended on the audience. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM Mon Feb 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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Families in Jackson, Mississippi, were left horrified after learning their missing loved ones had been buried in a county pauper's cemetery – without their families knowing they were even dead. PBS reported that records identified 215 people buried since 2016 behind the Hinds County Penal Farm, with graves marked by no more than metal rods and numbers. The cemetery itself is an established pauper's burial ground but several families said they had never been properly notified before their loved o
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Barred from performing at Constitution Hall, Marian Anderson sang for a crowd of 75,000 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM Tue Dec 21 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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An in-depth look at an exceptional baseball player and committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination to become baseball’s first Latino superstar. Watch ROBERTO CLEMENTE Tue Jan 25 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/roberto-clemente | American Experience | PBS
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The final years leading to the passage of the 19th Amendment were a long, hard push — through politics, protest, and sheer persistence. THE VOTE continues July 7 at 9/8c → pbs.org/thevote | American Experience | PBS
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The Cold War abroad and Jim Crow at home, three men changed the face of American diplomacy. Watch THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT → https://to.pbs.org/3g9Ciiq | American Experience | PBS
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Pull back the curtain on the man behind America's fairytale. Watch AMERICAN OZ, now streaming online and on the PBS Video app → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-oz | American Experience | PBS
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The best footage of the March on Washington was very nearly hidden from history. THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT premieres Tue Feb 15 at 9/8c → to.pbs.org/3g9Ciiq | American Experience | PBS
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American Experience presents a special two-night event examining the complex road to—and legacy of—public school integration in America, from Massachusetts to Mississippi. Tune in beginning Monday, September 11th at 9/8c on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS App. → https://to.pbs.org/3Lyzhsb | American Experience | PBS
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The right to vote wasn't given to women — they fought for it, and won. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the largest expansion of voting rights in US history. THE VOTE premieres in a two-night event, beginning Mon July 6 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/thevote | American Experience | PBS
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Operation Paperclip brought 1,600 of Germany's most accomplished scientists to the United States. Among them was Wernher von Braun: a former-Nazi who became a US citizen in 1955, and an invaluable part of America's new space program. | American Experience | PBS
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One hundred years ago, Americans faced a flu epidemic more deadly than any seen before. INFLUENZA 1918 is now streaming online and on the PBS Video app → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza | American Experience | PBS
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The remarkable story of one man's pursuit to understand the deadliest storms. Watch MR. TORNADO, now streaming. | American Experience | PBS
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The voice of the century became the voice of a movement. VOICE OF FREEDOM premieres Mon Feb 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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In the face of resistance from those in power and their sisters in arms, Black women fought for access to the polls. Watch THE VOTE, now streaming → pbs.org/thevote | American Experience | PBS
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Yellow Fever Experiment: Why Filthy Beds Failed to Infect
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Black cowboys roamed the West, but where were they on the silver screen? RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS premieres Mon Feb 7 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riveted-history-of-jeans | American Experience | PBS
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