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American Experience (1988)

October. 04,1988

8.6

TV-PG

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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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American Experience

1988 / TV-PG

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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Seasons 37 : 2025

3 Episode

Episode 1 - Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP

February. 24,2025

While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activists of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Some of the NAACP leaders are familiar, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Thurgood Marshall, but Walter White, head of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, has been all but forgotten. With his blond hair and blue eyes, Walter White looked white; he described himself as “an enigma, a Black man occupying a white body.” Like virtually all light-skinned African Americans of his day, White was descended from enslaved Black women and powerful white men. But he was Black — by law, identity, and conviction and spent his entire life fighting for Black civil rights. Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history.

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Episode 2 - Change, Not Charity

March. 24,2025

The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. A story of courage and perseverance, the film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal and change the lives of all Americans.

Episode 3 - Mr. Polaroid

March. 31,2025

Before the iPhone, the Polaroid camera let people instantly chronicle their lives. Along with instant photo mania, its company culture became the model for Silicon Valley. Mr. Polaroid is the story of Edwin Land, the man behind the camera.

Seasons 36 : 2024

7 Episode

Seasons 35 : 2023

9 Episode

Seasons 34 : 2022

6 Episode

Seasons 33 : 2021

8 Episode

Seasons 32 : 2020

8 Episode

Seasons 31 : 2019

7 Episode