Extras
The shocking history of the early 20th-century campaign to breed a “better” American race.
The Eugenics Crusade: Trailer
Revisit the heyday of America’s traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
The Circus: Episode 2 Trailer
The Circus | Coming October 2018
"The Circus" explores the history of this distinctly popular American entertainment.
The Circus | Coming October 2018
Explore the history of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertain
The Circus: Trailer
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entert
The Circus: Episode 1 Trailer
In 2019, join American Experience and PBS to relive the journey that defined a generation.
Chasing the Moon: Teaser
Seemingly impervious to injury or illness, Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig never missed a game.
The Luckiest Man
Hoops and Laughter: The Harlem Globetrotters
A team of African American basketball players from Chicago began touring the Midwest as tc
Hoops and Laughter: The Harlem Globetrotters
On April 4, 1968, RFK delivered the news of Dr. King’s assassination in Indianapolis.
RFK Announces King's Death
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Preview
Watch a preview of The Chinese Exclusion Act.
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Preview
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Promo
On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law The Chinese Exclusion Act.
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Promo
In 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law the Chinese Exclusion Act.
An Extraordinary Law
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Chapter 1
Watch Chapter 1 of The Chinese Exclusion Act.
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Chapter 1
In April 1933, the Barrow gang holed up in Joplin, Missouri for a break from the road.
Victims of Bonnie and Clyde
In 1961, the Freedom Riders were arrested and sent to Mississippi’s Parchman Prison.
Parchman Prison
In 1925, the “Scopes Monkey Trial” pit traditional Christian beliefs against evolution.
The "Scopes Monkey Trial"
Max Schmeling convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to attend the 1936 Olympic games.
The U.S. In Hitler's Olympics
PBS Previews: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Get an inside look at the making of The Chinese Exclusion Act, premiering May 29 at 8/7c.
PBS Previews: The Chinese Exclusion Act
First White Settlers in Hawai’i
The first white Americans to settle in the Islands arrived in the 1820s.
First White Settlers in Hawai’i
The Hawaiian people had done everything in their power not to be annexed by the U.S.
Lowering the Hawaiian Flag
A young Navy wife made a drastic rape allegation against five nonwhite Hawaiians in 1931.
