American Experience - Season 24

American Experience - Season 24

Season 24

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Episodes8
DatesJan 10, 2012 - Sep 18, 2012
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Billy the Kid
Season 24Episode 160 min

Billy the Kid

A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy to the most feared man in the West and an enduring western icon.
Jan 10, 2012
Custer's Last Stand
Season 24Episode 260 min

Custer's Last Stand

A profile of Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1839-76), nicknamed "the boy general" for his Civil War exploits, who died with many other members of the 7th Cavalry while battling the Cheyenne and Lakota along the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. The documentary details his time at West Point, where he became infamous for his rebellious nature; his relationship with his wife Libbie; his year-long suspension from the service; and the campaign against the Cheyenne that led to his death.
Jan 17, 2012
Clinton: The Comeback Kid
Season 24Episode 3120 min

Clinton: The Comeback Kid

The biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage.

Feb 20, 2012
Clinton: The Survivor
Season 24Episode 4120 min

Clinton: The Survivor

The biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage.

Feb 21, 2012
The Amish
Season 24Episode 560 min

The Amish

Find answers to questions Americans have about this insistently insular religious community.

Feb 28, 2012
Grand Coulee Dam
Season 24Episode 660 min

Grand Coulee Dam

Learn how the tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the legacy of Grand Coulee Dam.

Apr 3, 2012
Jesse Owens
Season 24Episode 760 min

Jesse Owens

The most famous athlete of his time, his stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis. Despite the racial slurs he endured, Jesse Owens' grace and athleticism rallied crowds across the globe. But when the four-time Olympic gold medalist returned home, he could not even ride in the front of a bus. The story of the 22-year-old son of a sharecropper who triumphed over adversity to become a hero and world champion, Jesse Owens is also about the elusive, fleeting quality of fame and the way Americans idolize athletes when they suit our purpose and forget them once they don't.

May 1, 2012
Death and the Civil War
Season 24Episode 860 min

Death and the Civil War

Chart the political and social changes wrought by the pervasiveness and fear of death during the Civil War.

Sep 18, 2012

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