The Italian Americans

Season 1 Episode 3: Loyal Americans

Feb 24, 2015NR54m8.1

A second generation of Italian Americans begins to enter the labor movement, politics, sports and entertainment. Fiorello LaGuardia becomes mayor of New York City. Joe DiMaggio, the son of a San Francisco fisherman, becomes a baseball...

The Italian Americans background

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 La Famiglia

Aired: Feb 17, 2015

A brief history of the Italian Risorgimento provides the context for the grea...

Episode 2 Becoming Americans

2. Becoming Americans

Aired: Feb 17, 2015

At the turn of the 20th century, more than four million Italians immigrate to...

Episode 3 Loyal Americans

3. Loyal Americans

Aired: Feb 24, 2015

A second generation of Italian Americans begins to enter the labor movement, ...

Episode 4 The American Dream

4. The American Dream

Aired: Feb 24, 2015

In post-war America, Italian Americans enter the middle class. Italian-Americ...

Main Cast

Stanley TucciNarrator

Appearances

Creators

John Maggio

John MaggioDirector

Info about The Italian Americans

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary