American Experience

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE brings to life the compelling stories from our past!

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Episodes

  • Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space

    The influential author and anthropologist whose work reclaimed and honored Black life.
  • The Lie Detector

    The story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern justice.
  • Part 2 |Taken Hostage | American Experience

    The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.
  • Part 1 |Taken Hostage | American Experience

    The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.
  • Plague at the Golden Gate

    Discover how bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco
  • Flood in the Desert

    Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history.
  • The American Diplomat

    Three Black diplomats who broke racial barriers at the State Department during Cold War.
  • Riveted: The History of Jeans

    Discover the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment.

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About American Experience

American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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