"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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Wed, 2/4 at 6:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
The story of Walter White and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Wed, 2/4 at 11:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
The story of Walter White and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Thu, 2/5 at 7:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
The story of Walter White and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Sat, 2/7 at 11:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
The story of Walter White and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Mon, 2/16 at 2:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967.
Tue, 2/17 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.
Wed, 2/18 at 6:00 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.
Wed, 2/18 at 11:00 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.
Thu, 2/19 at 7:00 am 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.
Thu, 2/19 at 2:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
The race massacre and insurrection that occured in Wilmington, N.C., in 1898, saw the murder of dozens of Black residents.