"American Experience" combines dramatic re-enactments with commentary by historians and authors to present an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present. Many of the program's documentaries have received major honors in the broadcasting community, including Emmy, Peabodys and duPont-Columbia University awards.
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Tue, 8/25 at 3:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV
The failings of President Jimmy Carter's political leadership; Camp David Accords established a framework for peace in the Middle East.
Fri, 9/4 at 1:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV
Tue, 9/8 at 2:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
Court-mandated social integration unleashes racial unrest throughout Boston in the 1970s as Black and white students are bussed together.
Tue, 9/8 at 8:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow embark on a two-year crime spree during the Great Depression and become known as the most famous criminal couple in U.S. history.
Wed, 9/9 at 1:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow embark on a two-year crime spree during the Great Depression and become known as the most famous criminal couple in U.S. history.
Wed, 9/9 at 2:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
Black and white citizens work together to create racially integrated public schools in the middle of the Mississippi Delta.