American Experience

American Experience (1988- )

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American Experience is TV's most-watched history series and brings to life incredible characters and compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Acclaimed by viewers and critics alike, American Experience documentaries have been honored with every major broadcast award, including 30 Emmy Awards, 4 duPont-Columbia Awards, and 18 George Foster Peabody Awards.

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Scheduleevery Tuesday at 21:00 (60 min)

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American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Season 36Episode 7120 min

American Coup: Wilmington 1898

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina's largest city in 1898 — the only coup d'état in the history of the US. Stoking fears of "Negro Rule," self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington's democratically-elected, multi-racial government. Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. The story of what happened in Wilmington was suppressed for decades until descendants and scholars began to investigate. Today, many of those descendants — Black and white — seek the truth about this intentionally buried history.

Nov 12, 2024

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Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
Season 36Episode 860 min

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

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.

Feb 25, 2025

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S36E07American Coup: Wilmington 1898Nov 12, 2024
S36E06The American Vice PresidentOct 1, 2024
S36E05The Riot ReportMay 21, 2024
S36E04Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love CanalApr 22, 2024
S36E03The Cancer DetectivesMar 26, 2024
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Cast

Will Lyman

Will Lyman

voices himself
David McCullough

David McCullough

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