American Experience

The race massacre and insurrection that occured in Wilmington, N.C., in 1898, saw the murder of dozens of Black residents.

Exploring the period between 1963 and 1976 when America was forced to confront the purpose of the vice president and the succession process that is enacted if a president is unable to serve.

President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967.

The rise of the German American Bund, an organization of American Nazis in the 1930s that had chapters across the country.

Exploring the cultural movement that aided disco's rise and the backlash that tried to destroy it.

An underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men find freedom and acceptance at a house in the Catskills region of New York during the 1950s and 1960s.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the three-day concert at a farm in New York that marked the end of one of the most turbulent decades in American history.

Tracking the early years of the space race, beginning in 1957, as the U.S. struggles to catch up with the Soviet Union.

Violent protests and street demonstrations erupt when police raid New York's Stonewall Inn in 1969.

The failings of President Jimmy Carter's political leadership; Camp David Accords established a framework for peace in the Middle East.

President George H.W. Bush's role as leader of the first Gulf War, through the final days of his presidency.

President George H.W. Bush's childhood, early career in Texas and rise in the Republican Party.

Actor Ronald Reagan turns to politics, gaining popularity and stirring controversy as president.

How Ronald Reagan's opponents underestimated him as he made the transition from acting to public office.

A profile of Lyndon B. Johnson examines his early years in Texas politics, early presidency, and war against poverty and discrimination.

A profile of Lyndon B. Johnson examines how he pushed through historical social legislation on a scale that rivaled FDR's New Deal before his presidency began to ravel.

Exploring the cultural movement that aided disco's rise and the backlash that tried to destroy it.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the three-day concert at a farm in New York that marked the end of one of the most turbulent decades in American history.

An underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men find freedom and acceptance at a house in the Catskills region of New York during the 1950s and 1960s.

Violent protests and street demonstrations erupt when police raid New York's Stonewall Inn in 1969.

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