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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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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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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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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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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Inside Ronald Reagan's summer job
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Inside Ronald Reagan's summer job
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Santa Claus and department stores go together like Rudolph and a red nose. But have you ever wondered where the tradition began? | American Experience | PBS
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Santa Claus and department stores go together like Rudolph and a red nose. But have you ever wondered where the tradition began? | American Experience | PBS
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One of the worst civil engineering failures in American history
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One of the worst civil engineering failures in American history
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America's hero in the Great Depression — was a horse
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America's hero in the Great Depression — was a horse
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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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In the spring of 1974, nearly 150 tornadoes touched down in the span of two days, carving out 2,598 miles of damage across the Midwest and Southeast. The event later became known as "The Super Outbreak". | American Experience | PBS
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Could you catch a rat with your bare hands?
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In his final race before retirement, seven-year-old Seabiscuit took one last stab at the contest that had twice eluded him, the Santa Anita Handicap, on March 2, 1940. Clocking the fastest mile-and-a-quarter in the track's history, Seabiscuit won the race and its $121,000 prize. The thoroughbred hadn't always been a champion, but trainer Tom Smith saw his potential as a young horse and turned him into a winner. | American Experience | PBS
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Born January 23, 1939, Ed Roberts was a pioneer of the Independent Living Movement, championing self-determination for people with disabilities. Paralyzed from the neck down from polio, Roberts began his activism by challenging institutional barriers to completing his education. The first wheelchair user to attend the University of California, Berkeley, Roberts pushed for a program that would allow disabled students equal access to education and the ability to live independently on campus. Out o
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On January 28, 1977, the "Blizzard of '77" hit Western New York, with over 100 inches of snow and high winds creating drifts up to 40 feet. When the snow finally melted, it had unearthed a toxic secret just beneath the surface of Love Canal, New York. | American Experience | PBS
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Do they consider themselves American?
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His attention to detail saved lives
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From housewives to millionaires
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Born January 7, 1891, Zora Neale Hurston was raised in the all-Black town of Eatonville, Florida, which had a profound impact on her literary and anthropological work. | 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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The final years leading to the passage of the 19th Amendment were a long, hard push — through politics, protest, and sheer persistence. THE VOTE continues July 7 at 9/8c → pbs.org/thevote | 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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