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American Experience | PBS
American Experience, television's most-watched history series, brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form ...
The Presidents: The Two-Party System and Political Participation | American Experience
Harvard historian Thomas Patterson looks at political participation and America's two-party system in presidential elections.
The Presidents: The Debates | American Experience
George Mason University professor Rick Shenkman looks at presidential debates and their impact upon elections.
Minik, The Lost Eskimo | American Experience
When Arctic explorer Robert Peary returned from Greenland in 1897, he brought with him a seven-year-old boy named Minik.
The Presidents: The Conventions | American Experience
NPR news analyst Daniel Schorr and American University historian Allan Lichtman discuss the role of the party conventions in 2008.
The Presidents: The Democratic Party and Expanding Opportunity | American Experience
Harvard University sociologist Orlando Patterson places Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in the context of Democratic Party ...
Riding the Rails | American Experience
At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America.
The Presidents: American Conservativism | American Experience
Historian Dan Carter places John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign in the context of the American conservative movement.
The Presidents: The Economy | American Experience
MIT historian Meg Jacobs examines the impact of economic issues during election years.
Truman
After eighty-two days as Vice-President, Harry Truman became the thirty-third President of the United States.
FDR
In March 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office and gave hope to a nation in crisis.
The Presidents: First Ladies
John Jay College historian Blanche Wiesen Cook looks back at Eleanor Roosevelt and discusses the role of the First Lady.
George H.W. Bush: At Kennebunkport
Filmmakers Austin Hoyt and Callie Taintor Wiser discuss the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Roberto Clemente: Legacy | American Experience
New York Yankees pitcher LaTroy Hawkins discusses the legacy of Roberto Clemente.