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Fantasia in Clay, Cowgirl Up, Nebraska's Tuskegee, and more

Season 1 Episode 1 | 27m 46s

Season One: Episode 101

German artist Gerit Grimm explores the art of sculpture in Lincoln. Tina Vanderpool, a bronc and bull-rider, fearlessly throws her hat in the rodeo ring. African-Americans from Nebraska combat racism at home and abroad during World War II. The blizzard of 1949 ravages Nebraska, and two prisoners from Lincoln escape. And Ted Kooser reads from his collection of poems The Blizzard Voices.

05/06/2009 | Rating TV-14

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Fantasia in Clay, Cowgirl Up, Nebraska's Tuskegee, and more

Season 1 Episode 1 | 27m 46s

German artist Gerit Grimm explores the art of sculpture in Lincoln. Tina Vanderpool, a bronc and bull-rider, fearlessly throws her hat in the rodeo ring. African-Americans from Nebraska combat racism at home and abroad during World War II. The blizzard of 1949 ravages Nebraska, and two prisoners from Lincoln escape. And Ted Kooser reads from his collection of poems The Blizzard Voices.

05/06/2009 | Rating TV-14

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