The work of cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman brings down Al Capone, breaks up a Nazi spy ring in South America, and lays the foundation for the National Security Agency (NSA). (90 minutes)
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Tue, 4/4 at 3:30 pm on Austin PBS HDTV
Two antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 cause President Richard Nixon to cancel his "madman" plans for a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam. (90 minutes)
Tue, 4/4 at 8:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV
Biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes, designer of the first successfully solar-heated modern residence, held more than 20 patents at the time of her death in 1995. (60 minutes)
Wed, 4/5 at 1:30 am on Austin PBS HDTV
Biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes, designer of the first successfully solar-heated modern residence, held more than 20 patents at the time of her death in 1995. (60 minutes)
Tue, 4/11 at 4:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV
Biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes, designer of the first successfully solar-heated modern residence, held more than 20 patents at the time of her death in 1995. (60 minutes)
Sat, 4/15 at 7:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
In August 1955 two Mississippians bludgeon and kill Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, for whistling at a white woman; their acquittal and boasting of the atrocity spur the civil rights cause. (60 minutes)
Sat, 4/15 at 8:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Los Angeles erupts in violent riots after the trial for the murder of a Mexican-American youth in 1942. (60 minutes)
Sat, 4/15 at 11:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
In August 1955 two Mississippians bludgeon and kill Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, for whistling at a white woman; their acquittal and boasting of the atrocity spur the civil rights cause. (60 minutes)
Sun, 4/16 at 12:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD
Los Angeles erupts in violent riots after the trial for the murder of a Mexican-American youth in 1942. (60 minutes)