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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 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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Nazi Town, USA

Aired January 23, 2024 | 53 min

Nazi Town, USA tells the unknown story of the German American Bund, a 1930s pro-Nazi group with chapters in suburbs and big cities across the country. Many believe the Bund represented a real threat of fascist subversion in the U.S.

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Nazi Town, USA (español)

Aired July 8, 2025

Nazi Town, USA cuenta la desconocida historia del Bund, la Federación Germano-Americana, un grupo pronazi de la década de 1930 con divisiones en suburbios y ciudades por todo el país. Muchos creen que el Bund representaba una amenaza real de subversión fascista en Estados Unidos.

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Taken Hostage

Aired November 14, 2022 | 3 hrs 46 min

Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Unfolding like a political thriller, the story is told through the eyewitness accounts of those who took part in the events.

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The American Diplomat

Aired April 29, 2023 | 53 min

Explore the lives and legacies of three African American ambassadors who broke racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations and left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.

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Billy Graham

Aired May 17, 2021 | 113 min

Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century. An international celebrity by age 30, he built a media empire, preached to millions worldwide, and had the ear of tycoons, presidents and royalty.

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