As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation.
Thu, May 2 | 3:00 A.M. |
Plague at the Golden Gate
NH Explore (11.2)
Over 100 years before the COVID-19 pandemic set off a nationwide wave of fear and anti-Asian sentiment, an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco's Chinatown unleashed a similar crisis. |
Tue, May 21 | 9:00 P.M. |
The Riot Report
NHPBS (11.1)
Revisit 1967 when inner cities across America erupted in violence. |
Wed, May 22 | 1:00 A.M. |
The Riot Report
NHPBS (11.1)
Revisit 1967 when inner cities across America erupted in violence. |
Thu, May 23 | 3:00 A.M. |
The Riot Report
NHPBS (11.1)
Revisit 1967 when inner cities across America erupted in violence. |
Fri, May 24 | 8:00 P.M. |
The Riot Report
NH World (11.3)
When Black neighborhoods in scores of American 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 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 refused to acknowledge it publicly or even thank the commissioners for their service. |
Sat, May 25 | 1:00 A.M. |
The Riot Report
NH World (11.3)
When Black neighborhoods in scores of American 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 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 refused to acknowledge it publicly or even thank the commissioners for their service. |
Sat, May 25 | 9:00 A.M. |
The Riot Report
NH World (11.3)
When Black neighborhoods in scores of American 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 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 refused to acknowledge it publicly or even thank the commissioners for their service. |
Mon, May 27 | 4:00 A.M. |
The Sun Queen
NH World (11.3)
For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Maria Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun. |
Tue, May 28 | 2:00 P.M. |
Riveted: The History of Jeans
NH World (11.3)
Discover the fascinating story of this iconic American garment. |
Tue, May 28 | 3:00 P.M. |
The Lie Detector
NH World (11.3)
Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. |
Tue, May 28 | 4:00 P.M. |
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
NH World (11.3)
Discover the fascinating and unexpected history behind America's favorite board game. |
Wed, May 29 | 1:00 P.M. |
The Riot Report
NH Explore (11.2)
When Black neighborhoods in scores of American 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 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 refused to acknowledge it publicly or even thank the commissioners for their service. |
Wed, May 29 | 2:00 P.M. |
Fatal Flood
NH World (11.3)
In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people and leaving a million homeless. |
Wed, May 29 | 3:00 P.M. |
Flood in the Desert
NH World (11.3)
Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. |
Wed, May 29 | 4:00 P.M. |
Zoot Suit Riots
NH World (11.3)
In August 1942, the murder of a young Mexican American ignited a firestorm in Los Angeles. |
Fri, May 31 | 9:00 P.M. |
The Riot Report
NH Explore (11.2)
When Black neighborhoods in scores of American 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 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 refused to acknowledge it publicly or even thank the commissioners for their service. |
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