American Experience

1. The Rockefellers: Part 1

The controversial rise of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil multinatio...

2. The Rockefellers: Part 2

Faced with growing public odium and frequent lawsuits, the Rockefeller family...

3. Secrets of a Master Builder: The Story of James B. Eads

Charting the life on the Mississippi of James B. Eads (1820-1887), "one of th...

4. Return with Honor

Vietnam POWs recall their ordeals -- at times with great poignancy -- in a fi...

5. The Hurricane of '38

Survivors recall the hurricane that devastated Rhode Island and New York's Lo...

6. Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

Life story of the controversial African-American leader Marcus Garvey.

7. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 1 - Ambition

The story of the Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's childhoods - his in a remote...

8. Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 2 - We Are Elected

The Lincoln marriage is both tempestuous and passionate: she has a temper; he...

9. Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 3 - Shattered

When the Lincolns arrive in Washington in 1861, the country is breaking apart...

10. Abraham and Mary Lincoln, a House Divided Part 4 - The Dearest of All Things

Tormented by her grief and losing grip on sanity, Mary Lincoln turns to spiri...

11. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 5 - This Frightful War

As 1863 begins, Northerners resent fighting to free black slaves; others are ...

12. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 6 - Blind with Weeping

Following the Union victory at Gettysburg, and the surrender at Appomattox, t...

13. Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Tormented by her grief and losing grip on sanity, Mary Lincoln turns to spiri...

14. Fatal Flood

In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River ...

15. Stephen Foster

Story of the first great American song writer, composer of "My Old Kentucky H...