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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.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "Mr. Polaroid" Meet inventor Edwin Land, whose iconic Polaroid camera made photography instant and accessible.
  • Airdate Monday, May 19, 2025 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Original5/19/2025
  • AMEX3703

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Taken Hostage

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents Encore Broadcasts of LBJ and Reagan, Two Biographies from the Peabody Award-winning Collection The Presidents Download

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Zoot Suit Riots Revisit 1940s L.A., when racial tensions between Mexican Americans and sailors led to violence.
  • AMEX1406

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LBJ

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

  • Original9/30/1991
  • AMEX401 & 402

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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

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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

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