American Experience (season 20)

American Experience (season 20)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	14
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	January 14 (2008-01-14) – May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)

Season twenty of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on January 14, 2008 and concluded on May 6, 2008. The season contained 14 episodes and began with the film Oswald's Ghost. The last eight parts of the 14-part Eyes on the Prize miniseries were a rebroadcast of the production originally shown during 1990 on PBS. It was shown as a special presentation of American Experience during February in observance of Black History Month.^[1]

Episodes

* Denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
234	1	"Oswald's Ghost"^[2]	Robert Stone	Biographies	January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14)
235	2	"The Lobotomist"^[3]	Barak Goodman & John Maggio	Technology	January 21, 2008 (2008-01-21)
The film follows Dr. Walter Freeman who championed the use of lobotomies on the mentally ill.
236	3*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 7–8)"^[4]	James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy, Jr. (Part 7) Sheila C. Bernard & Samuel D. Pollard (Part 8)	Civil Rights	February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03)
Part 7: "The Time Has Come (1964–1966)" - Examines a lead member of the Nation of Islam - Malcolm X. The film also chronicles the political organizing work of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) in Alabama and the shooting of James Meredith during the March Against Fear. Part 8: "Two Societies (1965–1968)" - Follows Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Chicago Freedom Movement in Illinois and the tumultuous Detroit Riot of 1967 in Michigan.
237	4	"Grand Central"^[5]	Michael Epstein	Popular Culture, Technology	February 4, 2008 (2008-02-04)
238	5*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 9–10)"	Louis Massiah & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 9) Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 10)	Civil Rights	February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10)
Part 9: "Power! (1966–1968)" - Chronicles the election of Carl Stokes as the mayor of Cleveland and the first African American to become mayor of a major U.S. city. The film also covers the formation of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and community control of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district in Brooklyn. Part 10: "The Promised Land (1967–1968)" - Chronicles the final years of Martin Luther King, Jr. It also covers the Poor People's Campaign and Resurrection City in Washington, D.C.
239	6*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 11–12)"	Sheila C. Bernard & Samuel D. Pollard (Part 11) Louis Massiah, Thomas Ott & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 12)	Civil Rights	February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17)
Part 11: "Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964–1972)" - Chronicles the emergence of boxer Muhammad Ali, the student movement at Howard University, and the gathering of the National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana. Part 12: "A Nation of Law? (1968–1971)" - Chronicles the leadership and murder of Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in Chicago. The second segment of the film covers the Attica Prison rebellion in Attica, New York.
240	7	"Kit Carson"^[6]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Native American History, The American West	February 18, 2008 (2008-02-18)
241	8*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 13–14)"	Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 13) James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy (Part 14)	Civil Rights	February 24, 2008 (2008-02-24)
Part 13: "The Keys to the Kingdom (1974–1980)" - Examines the Boston school desegregation crisis involving busing in Massachusetts, the election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta (the first African American to become mayor of any major city in the southern United States), affirmative action and the United States Supreme Court ruling Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978). Part 14: "Back to the Movement (1979–mid 1980s)" - Covers the Miami riot of 1980 and the election of Harold Washington as the first African-American mayor of Chicago. The film finishes with an overview of the Civil Rights Movement and its effect upon the United States and the world.
242	9	"Buffalo Bill"^[7]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25)
243	10	"Minik, the Lost Eskimo"^[8]	Axel Engstfeld	Biographies	March 31, 2008 (2008-03-31)
244	11	"Walt Whitman"^[9]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, The Natural Environment	April 14, 2008 (2008-04-14)
245	12	"Roberto Clemente"^[10]	Bernardo Ruiz	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture	April 21, 2008 (2008-04-21)
246	13	"George H.W. Bush (Part 1)"^[11]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05)
Part 1: "CAVU"
247	14	"George H.W. Bush (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)
Part 2: "Echoes of the Wise Men"

References

↑ "Press Releases: PBS Celebrates Black History Month". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). January 10, 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
↑ "American Experience | Oswald's Ghost". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | The Lobotomist". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Eyes on the Prize". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Grand Central". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Kit Carson". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Buffalo Bill". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Minik, the Lost Eskimo". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Walt Whitman". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Roberto Clemente". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | George H.W. Bush". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.

American Experience episodes

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"Radio Bikini" "The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter" "Family Gathering" "Adam Clayton Powell" "Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad" "Coney Island" "The Johnstown Flood" "Wild by Law" "The Donner Party" "Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II" "Malcolm X: Make It Plain" "D-Day" "Midnight Ramble" "Freedom on My Mind" "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" "Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern" "Vietnam: A Television History" "New York: A Documentary Film" "Nixon's China Game" "Return with Honor" "Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind" "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" "Woodrow Wilson" "Miss America" "Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film" "A Brilliant Madness" "The Murder of Emmett Till" "Daughter from Danang" "Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst" "Two Days in October" "Eyes on the Prize" "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" "The Mormons" "We Shall Remain" "Earth Days" "My Lai" "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World" "Dinosaur Wars" "Stonewall Uprising" "Soundtrack for a Revolution" "Freedom Riders" "Clinton" "The Amish" "Jesse Owens" "1964" "Freedom Summer" "Last Days in Vietnam" "Walt Disney" "Tesla" "The Battle of Chosin"

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