Overview

Discover the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America’s past and present. Television’s most-watched history series, acclaimed by viewers and critics alike, has been honored with every major broadcast award.

Upcoming Episodes

“American Coup: Wilmington 1898” Discover the little-known story of the deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’état in Wilmington, NC.
  • Airdate Tuesday, November 12, 2024 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Original11/12/2024
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Zoot Suit Riots Revisit 1940s L.A., when racial tensions between Mexican Americans and sailors led to violence.
  • AMEX1406
LBJ

Revisit the president whose plans for a Great Society were undercut by the quagmire of Vietnam.

  • Original9/30/1991
  • AMEX401 & 402
Goin’ Back to T-Town Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation.
  • Original3/1/1993
  • AMEX512
Reagan

Recall the life of the president who saw himself as the defender of the “shining city on a hill.”

  • Original2/23/1998
  • AMEX1006 and 1007
The Murder of Emmett Till

In August of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till whistled at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman. His inadvertent violation of a sacred code of the South cost him his life.

  • Original1/20/2003
  • AMEX1506
FREEDOM RIDERS

Find inspiration in the story of a courageous band of young civil-rights activists who journeyed through the Deep South in 1961.

  • Original5/16/2011
  • AMEXFRER (AMEX #2311)
Freedom Summer

Relive 1964's Freedom Summer and the dramatic struggle for equality in Mississippi.

  • Original6/24/2014
  • AMEXFRSU
Rachel Carson

Meet a scientist whose groundbreaking writings revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.

  • Original1/24/2017
  • AMEX2809
The Codebreaker Meet Elizebeth Friedman, the pioneering cryptanalyst who took down Al Capone and a Nazi spy ring.
  • Original1/11/2021
  • AMEX3301
Voice of Freedom Voice of Freedom interweaves Marian Anderson’s rich life story with this landmark moment in history, exploring fundamental questions about talent, race, fame, democracy, and the American soul.
  • Original1/15/2021
  • AMEX3302
Sandra Day O’Connor: The First Discover the story of the Supreme Court’s first female justice. A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, she was the deciding vote in cases on some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues—including race, gender and reproductive rights.
  • Original9/13/2021
  • AMEX3306

Press Contacts

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