The controversial rise of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil multinatio...
American Experience
Season 13 Episode 6: Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Life story of the controversial African-American leader Marcus Garvey.
36 SeasonsFeb 12, 2001TV-PG1h 30m7.2
Life story of the controversial African-American leader Marcus Garvey.
The controversial rise of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil multinatio...
Faced with growing public odium and frequent lawsuits, the Rockefeller family...
3. Secrets of a Master Builder: The Story of James B. Eads
Aired: Oct 30, 2000Charting the life on the Mississippi of James B. Eads (1820-1887),"one of th...
Vietnam POWs recall their ordeals -- at times with great poignancy -- in a fi...
Survivors recall the hurricane that devastated Rhode Island and New York's Lo...
6. Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Aired: Feb 12, 2001Life story of the controversial African-American leader Marcus Garvey.
7. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 1 - Ambition
Aired: Feb 19, 2001The 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
Aired: Feb 20, 2001The Lincoln marriage is both tempestuous and passionate: she has a temper; he...
9. Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 3 - Shattered
Aired: Feb 21, 2001When 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
Aired: Apr 2, 2001Tormented 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
Aired: Apr 16, 2001As 1863 begins, Northerners resent fighting to free black slaves; others are ...
12. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 6 - Blind with Weeping
Aired: Apr 23, 2001Following the Union victory at Gettysburg, and the surrender at Appomattox, t...
13. Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Aired: Feb 21, 2001Tormented by her grief and losing grip on sanity, Mary Lincoln turns to spiri...
In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River ...
Story of the first great American song writer, composer of "My Old Kentucky H...
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Network: PBS
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Genres:Documentary, History, Biography