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Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

Aired February 25, 2025 | 112 min

The story of civil rights hero Walter White — one of the most influential Black men in mid-century America and leader of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, yet one of the least known figures in civil rights history.

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Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP (español)

Aired February 25, 2025 | 112 min

La historia de Walter White, el líder de la NAACP durante muchos años y uno de los hombres negros más influyentes del Estados Unidos de mediados del siglo XX. De AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

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American Coup: Wilmington 1898

Aired November 12, 2024 | 75 min

The little-known story of a deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white supremacists overthrew the multi-racial government of state’s largest city through a campaign of violence and intimidation.

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American Coup: Wilmington 1898 (español)

Aired November 12, 2024 | 75 min

La historia poco conocida de la fatal masacre racial y del golpe de estado de 1898 en Wilmington, NC.

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The American Vice President

Aired October 1, 2024 | 53 min

What happens when the president is unable to serve? Explore the dramatic period between 1963 and 1976, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-stricken America was forced to define the role of the vice president and the process of succession.

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The American Vice President (español)

Aired October 1, 2024 | 53 min

¿Qué sucede cuando el presidente no puede ejercer su cargo? Explore el dramático período entre 1963 y 1976, cuando un Estados Unidos afligido y luego azotado por los escándalos se vio obligado a definir el papel del vicepresidente y el proceso de sucesión.

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The Riot Report

Aired May 21, 2024 | 112 min

When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a commission to find the cause for the unrest. Their findings offered an unvarnished assessment of American race relations.

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The Riot Report (español)

Aired May 21, 2024 | 112 min

Cuando una ola de violencia se apoderó de barrios negros por todo Estados Unidos en el verano de 1967, el presidente Johnson nombró una comisión para encontrar la causa de los disturbios. Sus hallazgos ofrecieron una evaluación honesta de las relaciones raciales estadounidenses.

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Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal

Aired April 22, 2024 | 112 min

In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.

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Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal (español)

Aired April 22, 2024 | 112 min

La historia de las mujeres cuyo liderazgo impulsó el proyecto de ley del Superfondo.

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The Cancer Detectives

Aired March 26, 2024 | 53 min

The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer—which was once the number one cancer killer of women.

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The Cancer Detectives (español)

Aired March 26, 2024

The Cancer Detectives cuenta la desconocida historia de la primera guerra contra el cáncer y de la coalición de personas que lucharon incansablemente por salvar a las mujeres del cáncer de cuello uterino, que alguna vez fue el cáncer más mortal para las mujeres.

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