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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

Clearing the Air: The War on Smog Explore how L.A.’s devastating smog problem led to the creation of the EPA and the Clean Air Act.
  • Airdate Tuesday, August 26, 2025 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Original8/26/2025
  • AMEX3704

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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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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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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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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

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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)

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Freedom Summer

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

  • Original6/24/2014
  • AMEXFRSU

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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

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The American Diplomat Explore how three Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the State Department during the Cold War.
  • Original2/15/2022
  • AMEX3402

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Plague at the Golden Gate Discover how bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco.
  • Original5/24/2022
  • AMEX3404

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The Busing Battleground Revisit 1970s Boston, when court-mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest throughout the city.
  • Original9/11/2023
  • AMEX3507

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The Harvest Explore what happened when a small Mississippi town integrated its public schools in 1970.
  • Original9/12/2023
  • AMEX3508

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The War on Disco Explore the cultural movement that gave rise to disco, and the backlash that tried to destroy it.
  • Original10/30/2023
  • AMEX3509
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