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American Experience

American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate.
Learn about the beginning of the environmental justice movement.
Watch a preview of Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal.
Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate.
The story of housewives who led a grassroots movement to galvanize the Superfund Bill.
The untold story of the people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer.
The lively but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.
The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930s.
Explore the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music.
The story of a Mississippi town’s effort to integrate its public schools in 1970.
Revisit 1970s Boston, when court-mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest.
Casa Susanna was a refuge for transgender women and cross-dressing men in the 1950s-60s.
Unsung scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun.
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The story of housewives who led a grassroots movement to galvanize the Superfund Bill.
Watch a preview of The Cancer Detectives.
The untold story of the people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer.
Meet the characters in "Fly With Me."
Watch a preview of Fly with Me.
The lively but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.
Watch a preview of Nazi Town, USA.
The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930s.
The origin story behind the Seventies most signature sound.
How Asian and Latino activists took on the education system in Boston and won.
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