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American Experience: Season 5

13 episodes · first aired Sep 19, 1992

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1 The Kennedys (1): The Father, 1900-61 Sep 20, 1992 · 55m No family has had such a powerful hold on the American imagination. A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy, the Kennedy story is unlike any other. From Joseph…
2 The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80 Sep 21, 1992 · 55m No family has had such a powerful hold on the American imagination. A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy, the Kennedy story is unlike any other. From Joseph…
3 The Donner Party Oct 28, 1992 · 55m Of all the 19th century pioneer stories, none exerts so powerful a hold on the American imagination as this, during the worst winter ever recorded in the High Sierras. In June, 1846, 87…
4 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II Nov 4, 1992 · 55m An account of Black American soldiers in World War II who combated racism in the segregated military and on the home front. In April 1945, some Black American soldiers were among the first…
5 George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King Nov 18, 1992 · 55m He was bumbling, yet ambitious. He volunteered to serve his country, but insisted on being reimbursed for expenses. He was the most famous general of the Revolution but a dismal tactician…
6 Last Stand at Little Big Horn Nov 25, 1992 · 55m In 1876, when the U.S. Army planned its biggest Indian campaign yet against Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, General George Custer led the chase. Custer and his 210 men were surprised and…
7 If You Knew Sousa Jan 11, 1993 · 55m John Phillip Sousa became America's favorite bandmaster, but band music wasn't Sousa's only passion. He was the first to bring the classics -- Verdi, Wagner, Puccini -- to a burgeoning…
8 Simple Justice Jan 18, 1993 · 55m Thirty years after the Supreme Court's "separate but equal" ruling, lawyer Charles Hamilton took over Howard University's rundown, segregated law school with the idea of training a cadre…
9 Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish Feb 8, 1993 · 55m When he died in 1931 in a plane crash on his way to Hollywood to sign a film contract, the President called it a "national loss." The funeral was broadcast live on CBS Radio to Europe…
10 Sit Down And Fight Feb 1, 1993 · 55m In 1936, Walter Reuther led one of the bitterest, bloodiest battles ever fought in the history of the American labor movement. By sitting down and stopping the machinery of factory…
11 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Feb 15, 1993 · 55m She had been a biologist for the federal government when she first took note of the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides, especially DDT. Magazines refused to…
12 Goin' Back to T-Town Mar 1, 1993 · 55m In Tulsa, the community of Greenwood was a place where blacks had some measure of financial, social and political independence. Burned to the ground in 1921 by angry whites, Greenwood was…
20 Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian Dec 2, 1992 · 55m When "Ishi," the last surviving member of a small Indian tribe, walked into the small California town of Oroville in 1911, he became a media curiosity and scientific "specimen." The San…