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When the White House got its name
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In June 1969, police executed a typical raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. Only this time, the patrons fought back. Watch the documentary STONEWALL UPRISING, now streaming → pbs.org/stonewall | American Experience | PBS
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In June 1969, police executed a typical raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. Only this time, the patrons fought back. Watch the documentary STONEWALL UPRISING, now streaming → pbs.org/stonewall | American Experience | PBS
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How fantasy and hubris swept through Los Angeles and led to one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history. Watch FLOOD IN THE DESERT Tue May 3 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flood-desert | American Experience | PBS
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How fantasy and hubris swept through Los Angeles and led to one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history. Watch FLOOD IN THE DESERT Tue May 3 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flood-desert | American Experience | PBS
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A standoff on a remote mountaintop in Idaho was a family tragedy — and a spark for the modern American militia movement. Watch RUBY RIDGE Tue Apr 13 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruby-ridge | American Experience | PBS
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A standoff on a remote mountaintop in Idaho was a family tragedy — and a spark for the modern American militia movement. Watch RUBY RIDGE Tue Apr 13 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruby-ridge | American Experience | PBS
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Black cowboys roamed the West, but where were they on the silver screen? RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS premieres Mon Feb 7 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riveted-history-of-jeans | American Experience | PBS
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Black cowboys roamed the West, but where were they on the silver screen? RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS premieres Mon Feb 7 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riveted-history-of-jeans | American Experience | PBS
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How one veteran's survival of racial violence became a catalyst for the end of Jim Crow and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Watch THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD, now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/blinding-isaac-woodard | American Experience | PBS
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Marian Anderson faced a crowd of more than 75,000 people. When she began to sing, a hush of reverent silence descended on the audience. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM Mon Feb 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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The Pilgrims' seminal and oft-misunderstood journey across the Atlantic 400 years ago profoundly shaped American and world history. Check your local station for THE PILGRIMS, beginning Thu Nov 19 → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims | American Experience | PBS
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For many, seeing Billy Graham preach was a powerful experience. “To put it plainly,” recalls John Guest, “it was the first time in my whole human experience that I felt clean on the inside.” Watch BILLY GRAHAM now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/billy-graham | American Experience | PBS
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Marion Davies, who lived as William Randolph Hearst's mistress for decades, had a successful film career and even bailed Hearst out of financial trouble. CITIZEN HEARST premieres across two nights beginning Mon Sep 27 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/citizen-hearst | American Experience | PBS
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As development of the Everglades destroyed their planting grounds and fish and game disappeared, the Seminole did their best to adapt—holding fast to their identity even as the environment that had sustained it was systematically dismantled. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #Everglades #Florida #Seminole #History
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Fifty years ago, on June 28, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn turned into a protest. That protest, in turn, became a pivotal moment in LGBTQ history and the gay civil rights movement. Watch the documentary STONEWALL UPRISING, now streaming → pbs.org/stonewall | American Experience | PBS
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The Complete History of America 🇺🇸 #AmericanHistory #USHistory #HistoryDocumentary
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The Man Who Lived Alone in Alaska for 30 Years
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What the US Navy Learned From a British Aircraft Carrier #navy #ww2
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Ken Burns on why he decided to make The American Revolution documentary 🇺🇸
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Look inside Harper Lee's reclusive life and groundbreaking work | PBS
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James Baldwin on love | American Masters #shorts | PBS
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Operation Paperclip brought 1,600 of Germany's most accomplished scientists to the United States. Among them was Wernher von Braun: a former-Nazi who became a US citizen in 1955, and an invaluable part of America's new space program. | American Experience | PBS
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The murder of a 14-year-old boy and the acquittal of his killers mobilized the Civil Rights Movement. THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/till | American Experience | PBS
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Discover 100 years of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, through the memories of living witnesses. Watch GOIN' BACK TO T-TOWN now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/t-town | American Experience | PBS
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Levi Strauss brought the market know-how and Jacob Davis brought the copper rivet reinforcement. Together, they crafted an icon. RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS premieres Mon Feb 7 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riveted-history-of-jeans | American Experience | PBS
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The blinding of a veteran by a police officer seemed like something that shouldn’t happen in America. Yet violence against Black veterans happened regularly – only this time it changed America. THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD premieres Tue Mar 30 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/blinding-isaac-woodard | American Experience | PBS
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🇺🇸 THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA | From Ancient Civilizations to a Global Power
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Barred from performing at Constitution Hall, Marian Anderson sang for a crowd of 75,000 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM Tue Dec 21 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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Fouke, Arkansas: The Small Town Behind the Boggy Creek Legend
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Falling for the charm and lies of Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes | 60 Minutes Australia
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The Ladder That Convicted Hauptmann: Lindbergh Case 1932 #shorts
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On the long road to racial justice in America, one event horrific event set the modern civil rights movement into motion. THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD premieres Tue Mar 30 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/blinding-isaac-woodard | American Experience | PBS
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The Cold War abroad and Jim Crow at home, three men changed the face of American diplomacy. THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT premieres Tue Feb 15 at 9/8c → to.pbs.org/3g9Ciiq | American Experience | PBS
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If the fact that the Lincoln Memorial's dedication ceremony was segregated is surprising, it's due to the power of Marian Anderson's performance there in 1939. VOICE OF FREEDOM premieres Mon Feb 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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The Cold War abroad and Jim Crow at home, these three men stood across the line between two American identities. THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT premieres Tue Feb 15 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-diplomat | American Experience | PBS
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Discover the story of the dreaded disease that gripped the nation in fear, leaving thousands paralyzed. Watch THE POLIO CRUSADE now streaming online and on the PBS Video App → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio | American Experience | PBS
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They met in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states. Watch FREEDOM SUMMER now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomsummer/ | American Experience | PBS
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"She became a political icon, the face of a movement. And that was something she could never step back from." Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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Known as "crusades," Billy Graham traveled the world delivering sermons to large audiences. By some estimates, he preached to more than 210 million people in his lifetime. BILLY GRAHAM premieres Mon May 17 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/billy-graham | American Experience | PBS
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🦬 Witness the Raw Power of the American Bison
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Pull back the curtain on the man behind America's fairytale. Watch AMERICAN OZ, now streaming online and on the PBS Video app → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-oz | American Experience | PBS
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🐻 Majestic Wildlife of the American Wilderness
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Debby Boone performs "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" by Tammy Wynette #shorts
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Saving Tangier Island | Official Preview | Secrets of the Dead on PBS
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The story of how America made jeans and jeans made America. RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS premieres Mon Feb 7 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riveted-history-of-jeans | American Experience | PBS
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Turbulent times turned an artist into a hero. Watch VOICE OF FREEDOM → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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One veteran's survival of racial violence at home sparked the beginning of the end of Jim Crow. THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD premieres Tue Mar 30 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/blinding-isaac-woodard | American Experience | PBS
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An in-depth look at an exceptional baseball player and committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination to become baseball’s first Latino superstar. Watch ROBERTO CLEMENTE Tue Jan 25 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/roberto-clemente | American Experience | PBS
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A cautionary tale of heroism and sacrifice, hubris and, ultimately, humility, in the face of nature’s frightening power. Watch THE BIG BURN Tue Aug 24 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/burn | American Experience | PBS
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To fight a terrible disease, Americans rallied together. Tune in or stream POLIO CRUSADE Tue Mar 31 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio | American Experience | PBS
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The State Department had a reputation: "pale, male, and Yale." This was the world that Edward Dudley entered into in the late 1940s. THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT premieres Tue Feb 15 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-diplomat | American Experience | PBS
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Meet Elizebeth Friedman: the woman who took down gangsters, hunted Nazi spies and smashed codes. Tune in or stream THE CODEBREAKER Mon Jan 11 on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/codebreaker | American Experience | PBS
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To fight a terrible disease, Americans banded together. Watch THE POLIO CRUSADE Tue June 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio | American Experience | PBS
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Texas Barbecue is Simple: Salt, Pepper, Meat, Smoke... Right?
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Billy Graham and President Nixon had a close friendship that extended beyond the pastoral into conversations about policy. BILLY GRAHAM premieres Mon May 17 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/billy-graham | American Experience | PBS
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He Raided a U.S. Armory Wearing George Washington's Sword
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Dakotaraptor: The Debated Dinosaur in Life of Prehistory
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Wolf Attack Shock! 🐺 Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner #Shorts
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The voice of the century became the voice of a movement. VOICE OF FREEDOM premieres Mon Feb 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom | American Experience | PBS
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Elizebeth Friedman trained the military's first codebreakers, took down gangsters and chased Nazi spies across South America — all with her brilliant mind. Watch an encore of THE CODEBREAKER Tue Dec 28 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/codebreaker | American Experience | PBS
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Los Angeles wooed new residents with visions of green lawns and gardens - but was the city built on a lie? Watch FLOOD IN THE DESERT Tue May 3 at 9/8c on American Experience | PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flood-desert | American Experience | PBS
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Born into a political dynasty. Tested by political reality. The latest in our award-winning Presidents series, GEORGE W. BUSH premieres May 4 & 5 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/george-w-bush | American Experience | PBS
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American Experience presents a special two-night event examining the complex road to—and legacy of—public school integration in America, from Massachusetts to Mississippi. Tune in beginning Monday, September 11th at 9/8c on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS App. → https://to.pbs.org/3Lyzhsb | American Experience | PBS
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The Vote | American Experience | PBS
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At the same time that the Civil Rights Movement was beginning at home, liberation movements were growing across Asia and Africa. Eisenhower failed to see the connection. THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT premieres Tue Feb 15 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-diplomat | American Experience | PBS
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Although President Truman presided over major advances in civil rights, desegregating the government and armed forces, there was little in his background to give NAACP leaders hope of progress. | American Experience | PBS
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Edward Winslow reported that the Plymouth colonists prepared to “rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors.” It'd later be called "the first Thanksgiving." Watch THE PILGRIMS, now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims | American Experience | PBS
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The real story behind the Hatfields and the McCoys, the most famous family conflict in American history. Tune in or stream THE FEUD Tues. Sep. 10 at 9/8c on PBS. | American Experience | PBS
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How Standard Oil Went From 10% to About 90% of American Refining
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