Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
The dramatic and inspiring story of ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
Episodes
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Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
S36 E4 - 1h 52m
The dramatic and inspiring story of ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
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The Cancer Detectives
S36 E3 - 52m 54s
The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolaou; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists.
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Fly with Me
S36 E2 - 1h 52m
Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. The job offered unheard-of opportunities for travel and independence. These women were on the frontlines of the battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace.
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Nazi Town, USA
S36 E1 - 52m 32s
Nazi Town, USA tells the story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group which in the 1930s had scores of chapters across the country, representing what many believe was a real threat of fascist subversion in the United States. They held joint rallies with the KKK and ran summer camps for children centered around Nazi ideology and imagery, melding patriotic values with virulent anti-Semitism.
Extras + Features
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Trailer | The Riot Report
S36 E5 - 2m 20s
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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Chapter 1 | Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
S36 E4 - 8m 45s
Watch a preview of Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal.
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Trailer | Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
S36 E4 - 2m 34s
In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
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Chapter 1 | The Cancer Detectives
S36 E3 - 8m 55s
Watch a preview of The Cancer Detectives.
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Trailer | The Cancer Detectives
S36 E3 - 1m 35s
The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolau; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists.
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Chapter 1 | Fly with Me
S36 E2 - 10m 5s
Watch a preview of Fly with Me.
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Who's Who
S36 E2 - 1m
The integrator. The networker. The advocate. The organizer.
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Trailer | Fly with Me
S36 E2 - 2m 2s
Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. The job offered unheard-of opportunities for travel and independence. These women were on the frontlines of the battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace.
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Trailer | Nazi Town, USA
S36 E1 - 1m 26s
Nazi Town, USA tells the story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group which in the 1930s had scores of chapters across the country, representing what many believe was a real threat of fascist subversion in the United States. They held joint rallies with the KKK and ran summer camps for children centered around Nazi ideology and imagery, melding patriotic values with virulent anti-Semitism.
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Chapter 1 |Nazi Town, USA
S36 E1 - 9m 20s
Watch a preview of Nazi Town, USA.
Schedule
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American Experience
Plague at the Golden Gate
Monday
May 13
2 Hours
The bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1900 and the hunt to identify its source leads to a spate of violent anti-Asian sentiment. -
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The Riot Report
Tuesday
May 21
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Tuesday
May 21
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Wednesday
May 22
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Wednesday
May 22
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Wednesday
May 22
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Wednesday
May 22
1 Hour
Dust bowl turns wheat fields into desert and provides hardships for farmers. -
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American Experience
The Great Famine
Thursday
May 23
1 Hour
Nearly 300 workers volunteer for Herbert Hoover's relief campaign for Soviet Russia's famine victims in 1921. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Friday
May 24
1 Hour 30 Minutes
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Friday
May 24
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Saturday
May 25
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Saturday
May 25
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Saturday
May 25
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Sunday
May 26
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Riot Report
Sunday
May 26
2 Hours
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967. -
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American Experience
The Sun Queen
Monday
May 27
1 Hour
Biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes, designer of the first successfully solar-heated modern residence, held more than 20 patents at the time of her death in 1995. -
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American Experience
Riveted: The History of Jeans
Tuesday
May 28
1 Hour
The history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop. -
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American Experience
The Lie Detector
Tuesday
May 28
1 Hour
A look at the polygraph, a device created by two men in the 1920s that could tell if a person was lying, and how it has transformed police work. -
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American Experience
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Tuesday
May 28
1 Hour
The story behind the board game Monopoly. -
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American Experience
Fatal Flood
Wednesday
May 29
1 Hour
The raging floodwaters of the Mississippi River in 1927 that divided one small town, pitting rich against poor, black against white and threatened to tear one family apart.
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