Episode guide
American Experience: Season 23
12 episodes · first aired Oct 10, 2010
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- 1 God in America (Parts 1–2) Oct 11, 2010 · 55m A New Adam explores the origins of Christian religion in America and examines how the New World changed the faiths that the settlers brought with them. A New Eden explores how an unlikely…
- 2 God in America (Parts 3-4) Oct 12, 2010 · 55m During the 19th century, the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and conservative believers.
- 3 God in America (Parts 5-6) Oct 13, 2010 · 55m Hour five explores the post-World War II era, when rising evangelist Billy Graham tried to inspire a religious revival that fused faith with patriotism in a Cold War battle with Godless…
- 4 Robert E. Lee Jan 3, 2011 · 55m Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration. Few public figures have ever held a such a firm grip on…
- 5 Dinosaur Wars Jan 17, 2011 · 55m From PBS and American Experience - In the summer of 1868, paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh boarded a Union Pacific train for a sightseeing excursion through the heart of the newly…
- 6 Panama Canal Jan 24, 2011 · 55m In 1914, the Panama Canal connected the world’s two largest oceans. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded where the French had failed disastrously, but the U.S. paid a price for…
- 7 The Greely Expedition Jan 31, 2011 · 55m In 1881, 25 men led by Adolphus Greely set sail from Newfoundland to Lady Franklin Bay in the high Arctic, where they planned to collect a wealth of scientific data from a vast area of the…
- 8 Triangle Fire Feb 28, 2011 · 55m It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history. A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent…
- 9 The Great Famine Apr 11, 2011 · 55m The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine is a documentary about the worst natural disaster in Europe since the…
- 10 Stonewall Uprising Apr 25, 2011 · 55m In 1969, homosexuality was illegal in almost every state... but that was about to change. The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement. When…
- 11 Soundtrack for a Revolution May 9, 2011 · 55m The story of the American civil rights movement told through the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons and in jail cells as they fought for…
- 12 Freedom Riders May 16, 2011 · 55m They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights inequities that…