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American Experience has moved to Tuesday nights on most PBS stations.
Billy the Kid: 1 hr
The boy behind the myth, who in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan to the most feared man in the West and an enduring icon. Part of The Wild West collection.
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The Rockefellers: 2 hrs
Head of the most powerful family in America, billionaire John D. Rockefeller's vast philanthropy changed his family's reputation.
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Silicon Valley: 90 mins
Robert Noyce's invention of the microchip launched the world into the Information Age.
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Henry Ford: 2 hrs
The story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.
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The Abolitionists: 3 hrs
How five abolitionist allies turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.
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Death and the Civil War: 2 hrs
The staggering death tolls of the Civil War permanently altered the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people.
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Jesse Owens: 1 hr
His stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis. Premiering May 1.
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Clinton: 4 hrs
A president who rose from a broken childhood 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.
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