Air Date: Mon, Sep 13, 2021 9:00 PM
A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, Sandra Day O'Connor was the deciding vote in cases on some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues—including race, gender and reproductive rights.
Air Date: Fri, Jun 18, 2021 9:00 PM
The Stonewall riots, as they came to be known, marked a major turning point in the modern gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
Air Date: Mon, May 17, 2021 9:00 PM
The story of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century.
Air Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2021 9:00 PM
Explore the life of L. Frank Baum, the man behind one of the most beloved, enduring and quintessential American classics, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Air Date: Tue, Mar 30, 2021 9:00 PM
Woodard was on his way home after serving in WWII. He was pulled off a bus after a heated exchange with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. What happened next? Find out on American Experience, "The Blinding of Isaac Woodard."
Air Date: Mon, Feb 15, 2021 9:00 PM

Voice of Freedom interweaves Anderson’s rich life story with this landmark moment in history, exploring fundamental questions about talent, race, fame, democracy, and the American soul…

Air Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 9:00 PM
Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation.
Air Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 9:00 PM

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents The Vote, a new four-hour, two-part documentary series that tells the dramatic story of the epic – and surprisingly unfamiliar – crusade waged by American women for the right to vote.

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