American Experience, TVs 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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The fateful narrative of James Earl Ray who shot Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968.
The mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center that left 38 dead.
Story of a Wall Street tycoon who helped alter course of history in World War II.
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Preview
Watch a preview of The Chinese Exclusion Act.
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth.
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Chapter 1
Watch Chapter 1 of The Chinese Exclusion Act.
In 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law the Chinese Exclusion Act.
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Promo
On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law The Chinese Exclusion Act.
In April 1933, the Barrow gang holed up in Joplin, Missouri for a break from the road.
In 1961, the Freedom Riders were arrested and sent to Mississippi’s Parchman Prison.
In 1925, the “Scopes Monkey Trial” pit traditional Christian beliefs against evolution.
Max Schmeling convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to attend the 1936 Olympic games.
PBS Previews: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Get an inside look at the making of The Chinese Exclusion Act, premiering May 29 at 8/7c.
The Hawaiian people had done everything in their power not to be annexed by the U.S.
First White Settlers in Hawai’i
The first white Americans to settle in the Islands arrived in the 1820s.
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