The forgotten Civil War roots of Memorial Day American Experience | PBS 2026-09-19 | The forgotten Civil War roots of Memorial Day
The Lie Detector | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-10-15 | In the early 20th century, researchers made a thrilling new claim: they could tell whether someone was lying by using a machine. Popularly known as the “lie detector,” the device was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. Instead, the lie detector became an apparatus of fear and intimidation. THE LIE DETECTOR is a tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lie-detector | #LieDetectorPBS© 2022 WGBH Educational Foundation00:00 Prologue03:41 John Larson and College Hall12:20 Marston and Frye15:52 Marston and the Movies21:00 Keeler in Chicago26:40 The Interrogation30:50 The Odd Couple35:19 A New Kind Of War39:35 The Wages of Deceit42:19 Frankenstein’s Monster49:01 Epilogue#LieDetector #Polygraph #Crime #Interrogation #RedScare #History #DocumentaryThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
Second to One: How important is a VP pick? American Experience | PBS 2024-10-11 | American Experience presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring how the choice of a vice presidential candidate can shape a presidential campaign and a presidency itself. The discussion is inspired in part by the new film THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT, streaming now on the American Experience YouTube channel and on the PBS app.In this conversation, panelists will discuss how and why a campaign picks a certain candidate for the bottom slot on a presidential ticket. They will examine how the media and the general public can interpret these selections differently, asking whether a VP pick can be a decisive factor in an election. Finally, the panelists will take a closer look at how the campaign role of a vice presidential candidate can reveal their role in a potential administration.Panelists:Michael Kazin is the author of seven books about US politics and social movements and the editor of The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History. He writes often for The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, and other periodicals and newspapers and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most recent book is What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party.Christopher J. Devine is an associate professor of political science at the University of Dayton. His books include Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections (with Kyle C. Kopko) and News Media Coverage of the Vice-Presidential Selection Process: What's Wrong with the Veepstakes? He is also co-editor of the forthcoming book, Second in Command: Reevaluating the Role of Vice Presidents and Running Mates in Modern American Politics (with Karine Prémont).The discussion will be moderated by Adriane Lentz-Smith. Adriane is an Associate Professor of History at Duke University, where she teaches courses on the Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives, Modern America, and History in Fact and Fiction. A scholar of African American history as well as the histories of the twentieth-century United States and the US & the World, Lentz Smith is the author of Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I (Harvard University Press, 2009), as well as numerous other scholarly articles and reviews.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/citizen-hearstpbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/movement-and-madmanThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs Shop: shop.pbs.org
Lyndon Johnson was incapable of relaxation. #shorts #history #documentary American Experience | PBS 2024-10-09 | Our definitive two-part biography, "LBJ", is now streaming online and in the PBS App → to.pbs.org/47mG1mz
The American Vice President | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-10-02 | What happens when the president is unable to serve?THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBS© 2024 WGBH Educational Foundation00:47 The Most Pilloried Post (It's More Important Than You Think)02:53 Nothing and Everything11:14 The Afterthought and its Aftermath21:14 Succession Crisis25:16 We shall have a VP!31:08: Spiro Who?39:32: The Accidental President46:15 The Executive VP#VicePresident #25thAmendment #History #DocumentaryThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
🇺🇸 When the President couldnt move into the White House #VicePresident #History #Documentary American Experience | PBS 2024-09-30 | THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT premieres tomorrow night at 8/7c on YouTube and @PBS. #VicePresidentPBS
The school desegregation story you dont know American Experience | PBS 2024-09-29 | Most histories about the integration of Boston’s schools in the 1970s focus on the tension between the city’s Black and white residents—but there’s another narrative that goes beyond black and white. This is the little-known story of how Latino and Asian activists took on the education system, and won.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/busing-battleground | #BusingBattlegroundPBSOn September 12, 1974, police were stationed outside Boston schools as Black and white students were bused for the first time to comply with a federal court desegregation order. Shocking violence, directed mostly at children, ensued. THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND illuminates the volatile effort to end school segregation, and the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis. This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
A VP can make or break a campaign American Experience | PBS 2024-09-27 | Whether aiming to strike a balance or make a splash, choosing the right running mate can make or break a presidential campaign.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBSTHE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.#VicePresident #25thAmendment #History #DocumentaryThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
Why make a documentary about the vice presidency? #history #documentary #vicepresident American Experience | PBS 2024-09-26 | Why make a documentary about the vice presidency? Hear what Executive Producer Cameo George had to say in a recent interview with @GBHNews. Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/P7HXFfjcWos?si=BfLKIdxxx4CM83pJOfficial Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBSTHE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.#VicePresident #25thAmendment #History #DocumentaryThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs Shop: shop.pbs.org
The story behind THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT American Experience | PBS 2024-09-25 | Learn about the making of THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT with filmmaker Michelle Ferrari, film participant author James E. Hite, and Executive Producer Cameo George.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBSTHE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.#VicePresident #25thAmendment #History #Documentary #Filmmaking This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
Chapter 1 | The American Vice President | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-09-24 | Discover the dramatic period that forced America to reckon with the role of the vice president—and what happens when the president is unable to serve—in this extended clip from THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBSTHE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.#VicePresident #25thAmendment #History #DocumentaryThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
10 Surprising Facts About U.S. Vice Presidents #history #documentary #vicepresident American Experience | PBS 2024-09-23 | From a Kentucky bartender to three Nobel laureates, here are ten things you might not know about the individuals who have held the nation’s second highest office.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBSTHE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.#VicePresident #25thAmendment #History #DocumentaryThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs Shop: shop.pbs.org
How the vice presidency went from pitiful to powerful American Experience | PBS 2024-09-20 | America’s first vice president, John Adams, called his job “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived.” But that would change dramatically over the next two and a half centuries.Discover how the vice presidency has evolved over time.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBSTHE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.#VicePresident #25thAmendment #History #DocumentaryThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
POTUS Scandal Time: Warren Harding edition! #documentary #scandal #teapotdome American Experience | PBS 2024-09-18 | You can be a little corrupt ✨ as a treat ✨#POTUSScandalTime #WarrenHarding #TeapotDome
POTUS vs. The Press: Who decides what the public needs to know? American Experience | PBS 2024-09-16 | American Experience presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring how competing narratives from politicians and the press can shape the public's understanding of the politics and policy. This conversation will be inspired in part by THE MOVEMENT AND THE "MADMAN" and CITIZEN HEARST, both of which are now streaming on the PBS app.In this conversation, panelists will examine how politicians and the press compete for public attention, exploring how the battle for hearts and minds shapes the image of politicians and the coverage they receive. Panelists will also ask how citizens in democratic societies are affected when they're bombarded with multiple narratives. Finally, our experts will take a closer look at how competing political and institutional media goals can block or reframe information that is shared with the public, ultimately seeking to understand who decides what the public knows and why.Panelists:Yu Ouyang is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University Northwest. His research focuses on the American presidency and how presidents leverage their institutional advantages and powers to impact public policies.Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor in the University's Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Professor Suri is the author and editor of eleven books on politics and foreign policy, most recently: Civil War By Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy.The conversation will be moderated by Kelly McBride, Senior Vice President at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/citizen-hearstpbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/movement-and-madmanThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs Shop: shop.pbs.org
What happens when a president cant move into the White House? American Experience | PBS 2024-09-12 | When President Gerald Ford was inaugurated in 1974, the Nixons hadn’t had time to move out of the White House yet. So for ten days, the “White House” was an unassuming colonial home in suburban Alexandria, Virginia.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBSTHE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.#VicePresident #25thAmendment #History #DocumentaryThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
POTUS Scandal Time: Andrew Johnson edition! #documentary #americanpresident #impeachment American Experience | PBS 2024-09-04 | Make sure to ask your jury if they’ll accept bribes. #POTUSScandalTime #AndrewJohnson #Impeachment
RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-09-03 | From its roots in slavery to its connection to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the canvas on which the history of American ideology and politics is writ large.RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS reveals the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment. At any given moment, half the people on the planet are wearing them. They have become a staple of clothing the world over, worn by everyone from presidents and supermodels to farmers and artists. More than just an item of apparel, America’s tangled past is woven into the indigo blue fabric.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riveted-history-of-jeans | #HistoryOfJeansPBS© 2022 WGBH Educational Foundation00:00 Prologue2:49 Origins of Denim4:39 Girl Botanist9:33 Slave Cloth12:27 Rivet Man15:52 War of the “Waist-overalls”20:11 Cowboy Craze23:18 Dude Ranch Duds27:30 Off-Duty/On-Duty Denim30:27 “What’ve ya got?”33:04 The Birth of Cool34:31 Denim fights back 37:16 Rebels WITH a Cause40:41 Hippie Chic43:20 Disco and Designer Denim46:40 Take it Back50:02 Epilogue#history #documentary #fashion #jeans #denimThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
POTUS Scandal Time: Ulysses S. Grant edition! #americanpresident #documentary American Experience | PBS 2024-08-28 | Drink your whiskey. Pay your taxes.#POTUSScandalTime #UlyssesSGrant #WhiskeyRing
Gerald Ford: very ✨demure✨, very ✨mindful✨ #history #vicepresident #geraldford American Experience | PBS 2024-08-23 | See how the White House handled the scandal-stricken 1970s in THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT, premiering October 1 at 8/7c on @PBS.
THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT | Trailer | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-08-22 | What happens when the president is unable to serve?THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken and then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-vice-president | #VicePresidentPBSThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs #VicePresident #AmericanHistory #Documentary
POTUS Scandal Time: Grover Cleveland edition! #thegildedage #americanpresident #history American Experience | PBS 2024-08-21 | “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?”#POTUSScandalTime #GroverCleveland #MariaHalpin
POTUS Scandal Time: Richard Nixon edition! #richardnixon #americanpresident American Experience | PBS 2024-08-14 | Don't do the crime...if you're already on tape doing the crime.#POTUSScandalTime #RichardNixon #Watergate
The 1904 St. Louis Olympics 🥇🏃🏋️🤸♂️ American Experience | PBS 2024-08-08 | You might've heard of LA '84 or Atlanta '96, but did you know that the first Olympic Games held in the United States were in St. Louis? The Third Olympiad saw the creation of many features of the modern Olympics plus some competitions that've fallen by the wayside. Could you win gold in tug-of-war??
POTUS Scandal Time: Andrew Jackson edition! #andrewjackson #americanpresident American Experience | PBS 2024-08-07 | “May Almighty God forgive her murderers. I never can.”#POTUSScandalTime #AndrewJackson #history #americanexperiencepbs
The Perfect Crime | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-08-06 | The shocking true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two wealthy college students who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 1924 to prove they were smart enough to get away with it.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/perfectcrime | #PerfectCrimePBSWhen Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two well-educated college students from a wealthy suburb of Chicago, confessed to the brutal murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, the story made headlines across the country. The unlikely killers not only admitted their guilt, but also bragged that they had committed the crime simply for the thrill of it. As the sensational case unfolded during the summer of 1924, with famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow and Cook County Prosecutor Robert Crowe debating the death penalty and scores of commentators weighing in from the sidelines, the question of motive would be turned over and over again.What first seemed like a simple matter of evil gradually would give way to a complex assessment of the murderers' minds and a searing indictment of the forces that had shaped them, and set off a national debate about morality and capital punishment.© 2016 WGBH Educational Foundation00:00 Prologue04:28 Nabbing the Killers09:38 The Confessions14:41 Gods and Monsters16:31 An Unholy Alliance 21:52 Enter Darrow 24:43 Preparing the Case 29:02 A Sensational Turnabout31:15 The Hearing39:02 Closing Arguments 44:53 The Decision 48:34 Epilogue#documentary #history #truecrimestories #truecrime This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
For Glory, Gold, and Country: Nationalism at the Olympic Games | Past Forward | American Experience American Experience | PBS 2024-07-26 | American Experience presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring the role of international politics and nationalism at the Olympic Games. This conversation is inspired in part by our streaming films The Boys of '36 and Jesse Owens.In this conversation, panelists will examine the political motives behind competing at and hosting the Olympics. They will also question whether the Games themselves should be thought of as an event fostering peace or as a soft-power battleground for superpowers, examining the role of the United States in creating both of these perceptions. The conversation will seek to understand how the ambitions of individual athletes fit within a nation state's view of the Games as a means toward national glory, throughout history and today.Panelists:Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports for the Nation Magazine. He is their first sports writer in 150 years of existence. Winner of Sport in Society and Northeastern University School of Journalism's 'Excellence in Sports Journalism' Award, Zirin is also the host of Edge of Sports Television on The Real News Network and the Edge of Sports Podcast. He has been called “the best sportswriter in the United States,” by Robert Lipsyte. Dave Zirin is, in addition, a columnist for the Progressive.Kendra Gage is an Assistant Professor in Teaching in History at the University of California, Riverside. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the department of History. Her research and teaching focus on 20th Century America, Sports and Olympics History, the American West, Black Feminist Thought and the Civil Rights Movement. She is currently reworking her manuscript for publication Creating the Black California Dream: Virna Canson and the Black Freedom Struggle in the Golden State's Capital, 1940-1988," which uses the life of Virna Canson as a lens for incorporating Sacramento's activities within the larger historical framework of the Civil Rights Movement.The discussion will be moderated by Adriane Lentz-Smith. Adriane is an Associate Professor of History at Duke University, where she teaches courses on the Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives, Modern America, and History in Fact and Fiction. A scholar of African American history as well as the histories of the twentieth-century United States and the US & the World, Lentz Smith is the author of Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I (Harvard University Press, 2009), as well as numerous other scholarly articles and reviews.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/boys36pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/owensThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs Shop: shop.pbs.org
Im looking for a man in ✨ the Gilded Age ✨ American Experience | PBS 2024-07-12 | Meet these turn of the century tycoons in THE GILDED AGE, now streaming.
When Boston’s Black families took their fight to the courts American Experience | PBS 2024-06-21 | On June 21st 1974, Judge W. Arthur Garrity ruled in Morgan v. Hennigan that the Boston School Committee was guilty of maintaining an unconstitutionally segregated school system.Learn the full story behind this case in THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND, now streaming on YouTube and the @PBS App.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/busing-battleground | #BusingBattlegroundPBSOn September 12, 1974, police were stationed outside Boston schools as Black and white students were bused for the first time to comply with a federal court desegregation order. Shocking violence, directed mostly at children, ensued. THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND illuminates the volatile effort to end school segregation, and the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis. #history #documentary #americanexperience #shorts #boston #education #americanhistory
The Anatomy of Unrest | What the History?! | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-05-22 | In 1967, following a summer of racial unrest in cities across the U.S., Martin Luther King, Jr. declared that “a riot is the language of the unheard.” What exactly were those unheard Americans trying to say? Find out in our latest episode of WHAT THE HISTORY?!THE RIOT REPORT is now streaming online and in the free @PBS App → to.pbs.org/3xPckwN Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riot-report | #RiotReportPBSWhen Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders––informally known as the Kerner Commission––to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations––a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
House of Carcinogens: Whats in the things we buy? | Past Forward | American Experience PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-05-15 | American Experience presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring the harmful chemicals in the food, clothes, and other goods that Americans buy and use every day. This conversation is inspired in part by our new streaming film POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL.Panelists will examine how American consumer culture acts in conjunction with corporate negligence and government laxity to expose the public to chemical hazards. They will also explore how wealth can determine one's level of exposure, and the government’s regulatory approach to consumer protection over time. They will look forward by asking what actions consumers can take to protect themselves.Panelists:Dr. Jennifer Thomson is an associate professor of history at Bucknell University. Her current book project examines the effect of the Environmental Protection Agency's sewer grant construction program on racial residential segregation. Her first book, The Wild and the Toxic: American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health, explored the various discourses of health that environmentalists deployed in the late twentieth century.Dr. Bhavna Shamasunder is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Urban & Environmental Policy at Occidental College. She teaches and conducts research at the intersection of environmental health & justice, with a focus on inequalities in chemical exposures faced by low-income communities and communities of color who live and work in urban and/or industrial environments.This conversation will be moderated by Tim Bartley. Tim teaches in the Department of Sociology and the Earth Commons Institute at Georgetown University. His work focuses on sustainability standards, environmental justice movements, and the regulation of global industries. More broadly, he is interested in political, organizational, and economic processes that shape environments, workplaces, and the expression of rights around the world.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoned-ground-tragedy-love-canal | #PoisonedGroundPBSIn the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs Shop: shop.pbs.org
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-05-14 | In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel’s book Unexampled Courage, THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD details how the crime led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman, who desegregated federal offices and the military two years later. The event also ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jumpstarted the modern civil rights movement.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/blinding-isaac-woodard | #IsaacWoodardPBS© 2021 WGBH Educational Foundation00:00 Prologue03:24 Isaac Heading Home11:53 Violence Against Veterans16:23 Woodard Comes Forward21:34 Lewisohn Benefit26:53 Fighting For Justice34:34 Trial Of Shull41:36 The Warings49:40 Truman’s Decision57:14 The Warings and Civil Rights01:01:07 Elmore V. Rice Trial01:04:19 The Dixiecrat Revolt01:10:43 The Warings’ New Friends01:16:58 Summerton, South Carolina01:21:25 Thurgood Marshall01:24:12 The Trial01:41:10 Waring Pens His Dissent01:43:04 The Brown v. Board of Education Decision01:48:04 Coda This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
THE RIOT REPORT | Chapter 1 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-05-12 | The tumultuous summer of 1967 begged three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again?Learn about the commission that LBJ created—and ultimately rejected—to answer these questions in this extended preview of THE RIOT REPORT.THE RIOT REPORT premieres Tue May 21 at 9/8c on @PBS and the free PBS App.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riot-report | #RiotReportPBSWhen Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders––informally known as the Kerner Commission––to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations––a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
The bombshell political report LBJ wanted destroyed American Experience | PBS 2024-05-10 | Although members of the Kerner Commission were split on many aspects of their report, they eventually agreed on its central theme: the impact of white racism on Black Americans.Learn how they came to their conclusion in THE RIOT REPORT, premiering Tuesday, May 21 at 9/8c on @PBS and the free PBS App → to.pbs.org/3xPckwN Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riot-report | #RiotReportPBSWhen Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders––informally known as the Kerner Commission––to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations––a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
“Theyre policing the boundaries of Black life.” American Experience | PBS 2024-05-08 | Millions of Black Americans left the rural South in the first half of the 20th century in the hopes of finding safety and security in the North. But what they often found was another form of racial injustice.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riot-report | #RiotReportPBSWhen Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders––informally known as the Kerner Commission––to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations––a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs Shop: shop.pbs.org #AmericanExperiencePBS #shorts
THE RIOT REPORT | Trailer | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-04-23 | When Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders—informally known as the Kerner Commission—to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations—a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion. Directed by Michelle Ferrari, co-written by Ferrari and New Yorker journalist Jelani Cobb, and executive produced by Cameo George, THE RIOT REPORT premieres on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riot-report | #RiotReportPBSThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-04-23 | In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoned-ground-tragedy-love-canal | #PoisonedGroundPBS© 2024 WGBH Educational Foundation00:00 Prologue04:47 Living in Love Canal13:43 The Blizzard of ‘7718:42 The history of Love Canal29:00 Mothers of Love Canal47:14 Griffon Manor52:34 Uncovering the chemicals01:07:37 Luella’s story01:16:15 Protests grow01:25:06 Developing the Superfund01:37:50 Held hostage01:44:58 Passing the Superfund01:46:50 Conclusion This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
What if you found 21,000 tons of toxic waste in your own backyard? American Experience | PBS 2024-04-18 | What would you do if you discovered that your home was built on top of a former chemical waste dump? This hypothetical became reality for the families of Love Canal, New York in the late 1970s.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoned-ground-tragedy-love-canal | #PoisonedGroundPBSIn the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.#history #documentary #lovecanal #environmentThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
Fighting Environmental Racism In L.A. County American Experience | PBS 2024-04-17 | Thousands of Superfund sites have been identified across the United States, many of them located in communities of color and low income communities that face barriers to relocation. We spoke with environmental scientist Lizette Ruiz, a resident of South Gate, California, to learn more about the impact of environmental racism and what it's like living around a Superfund site today.Learn more about the very first Superfund site in POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoned-ground-tragedy-love-canal | #PoisonedGroundPBS#LosAngeles #Environment #Superfund #EnvironmentalJustice In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL | Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-04-16 | Watch an extended preview of POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL, the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoned-ground-tragedy-love-canal | #PoisonedGroundPBSIn the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
Whos responsible for cleaning up toxic chemical waste? | POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL American Experience | PBS 2024-04-11 | Grassroots activism in Love Canal, New York opened American's eyes to the public health risks of unregulated industrial practices nationwide.After pushing Congress toward legislation that forced companies to help shoulder the burden of cleaning up the pollution they created—known as the Superfund Bill—Love Canal would become the first site identified for remediation.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoned-ground-tragedy-love-canal | #PoisonedGroundPBSIn the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
“People had no idea that they were living on top of 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals.” American Experience | PBS 2024-04-10 | In the late 1970s, the families of Love Canal, New York uncovered a toxic secret that would transform their community—and the nation.POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL premieres April 22 at 9/8c on @PBS, YouTube and the PBS App → to.pbs.org/3TSse20 #PoisonedGroundPBS #Shorts
Private Parts: Why don’t we know more about women’s bodies? | Past Forward | American Experience PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-04-09 | American Experience presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring the ways narratives and biases surrounding women's bodies determine and limit our understanding of them. This conversation is inspired in part by our new streaming film The Cancer Detectives.Panelists will address the ways in which women's healthcare outcomes can be shaped by existing narratives focused on women's bodies. They will analyze the emotions of shame and concealment that have shrouded the female form, discussing how these perceptions can be informed by the race and class of the women involved. The panelists will also examine how stigma, ignorance, and bias can either prevent women from seeking proper care or keep them from receiving it if they do.Panelists:Ameenah Shakir, Ph.D. is a 20th Century U.S. historian of race and medicine at the University of Houston. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and explores the intersection of race, medicine, and gender. She is currently working on a book titled Birthing Liberation, a biography of Dr. Helen O. Dickens, a Black physician activist who worked to desegregate medical education, developed cancer prevention programs, and fostered diasporic connections with women physicians and Black club women during the post-World War II era.Cat Bohannon is a researcher and author with a PhD from Columbia University, where she studied narrative and cognition. Her first book, Eve: How the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution, is a New York Times bestseller, a Foyles 2023 Nonfiction Book of the Year, a finalist for the Women's Prize, and the source of most of the inappropriate dinner party conversations you might have had over the holidays. Her essays and poems have appeared in the Atlantic, Scientific American, Science Magazine, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and Poets Against the War. This conversation will be moderated by Pam Belluck. Pam is a New York Times staff writer whose honors include a Pulitzer Prize and the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. She writes about a range of health and medical subjects and her work has been chosen for The Best American Science Writing. Her book, “Island Practice,” about an eccentric doctor on an island, is in development for a TV series.Photo credit for event art: The University of Pennsylvania.
The women who fought back against their number one cancer killer American Experience | PBS 2024-04-03 | "The idea is they are going to invade American homes with knowledge about cancer."🔬 Discover how women fought back against their number one cancer killer in THE CANCER DETECTIVES, now streaming on YouTube and the free PBS App.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/cancer-detectives#CancerDetectivesPBS #Shorts
Behind the scenes with the experts behind THE CANCER DETECTIVES | American Experience | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-03-28 | Panel Discussion with filmmaker Gene Tempest, historian Deirdre Cooper Owens and author Rachel Gross, moderated by Executive Producer Cameo George, following a preview screening of American Experience's new film, THE CANCER DETECTIVES.THE CANCER DETECTIVES is now streaming on YouTube, PBS.org and the free PBS App. → to.pbs.org/3uDPjvz #CancerDetectivesPBS
POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL | Trailer | American Experience | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-03-27 | In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, the film shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoned-ground-tragedy-love-canal | #PoisonedGroundPBSThis program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCEFacebook: facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS Twitter/X: twitter.com/AmExperiencePBS Instagram: instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBSThreads: threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs
The Cancer Detectives | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-03-27 | The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people who ultimately made it possible: 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 known as cyto-screeners. But the test was just the beginning. Once the test proved effective, the campaign to make pap smears available to millions of women required nothing short of a total national mobilization. THE CANCER DETECTIVES tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the people who fought tirelessly to save women from what was once their number one cancer killer.Official website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/cancer-detectives© 2023 WGBH Educational Foundation#CancerDetectivesPBS-- This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR
Why the Pap smear almost never saw the light of day | What the History?! American Experience | PBS 2024-03-21 | What do guinea pigs, eugenics and Japanese incarceration during WWII have in common? They all play a role in the story of the Pap smear.Find out how a Greek immigrant doctor—Dr. Pap—and his lab manager wife pioneered a life-saving test in our latest installment of WHAT THE HISTORY?!.---------This episode of WHAT THE HISTORY?! is inspired by the new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film THE CANCER DETECTIVES, premiering Tuesday, March 26th on PBS, YouTube and the free PBS App.Official Website: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/cancer-detectives#CancerDetectivesPBS
THE CANCER DETECTIVES | Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-03-19 | The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people who ultimately made it possible: 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 known as cyto-screeners. But the test was just the beginning. Once the test proved effective, the campaign to make pap smears available to millions of women required nothing short of a total national mobilization. THE CANCER DETECTIVES tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the people who fought tirelessly to save women from what was once their number one cancer killer.🔬 Watch an extended preview of THE CANCER DETECTIVES and don't miss the premiere on Tuesday, March 26th at 9/8c on @PBS, YouTube and the PBS App.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/cancer-detectives#CancerDetectivesPBS
They landed the first blow against cancer | THE CANCER DETECTIVES | American Experience | PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-03-12 | Discover how a doctor, an illustrator, an OBGYN and a new generation of medical activists fought to make cancer part of the national conversation—and saved an estimated million lives.THE CANCER DETECTIVES premieres Tue Mar 26 at 9/8c on on PBS, PBS.org and the free PBS App. → to.pbs.org/3uDPjvz #CancerDetectivesPBS
Sweetie, Just Smile: Womens Appearance in the Workplace | Past Forward | American Experience PBS American Experience | PBS 2024-03-11 | American Experience presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring the relationship between women's demeanor, appearance, and fashion choices and their opportunities for advancement in workplaces built by and for men. This conversation is inspired in part by our new film Fly With Me.Panelists will discuss the ways in which women are made to toe the line between authority and “femininity” in the ways they present themselves at work. They will also explore the historical origins of these pressures, and the different forms they take depending on the race and class of the women involved. The panel will look at the enduring impact social biases have on the opportunities available to working women, and will reflect on how female-led workplaces have challenged these norms, exploring the work that remains to be done going forward.Panelists:Allison Elias is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Professor Elias teaches courses about communication and negotiation, and her research investigates historical and contemporary issues of gender and diversity in occupations and organizations. She has provided commentary regarding gender issues at work to media outlets such as NPR’s Marketplace, and her research on women in business schools has been featured in Quartz.com and Poets & Quants.Ann Hood is the author of over a dozen novels, including the bestsellers The Knitting Circle, The Obituary Writer, and Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine. She has also written several memoirs, including the bestsellers Fly Girl, about her experiences as a TWA flight attendant in the 1970s and 80s, and Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, which was named one of the top ten books of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly. Her latest novel, The Stolen Child, will be released on May 7th.The conversation will be moderated by Monica Muñoz Martinez. Professor Martinez is an award-winning author, educator, public historian, and active participant in developing solutions that address racial injustice. A national authority on the history of race, Martinez is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research specializes in histories of racial violence, policing on the US-Mexico border, Latinx history, women and gender studies, public humanities, digital humanities, and restorative justice.This event will be livestreamed on our Facebook and YouTube pages.Photo credit for event art: United Airlines.
