The BEST episodes of American Experience season 21
Every episode of American Experience season 21, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of American Experience season 21!
Presents an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present.
#1 - We Shall Remain (4): Geronimo
Season 21 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/4/2009
A portrait of the Chiracahua Apache who was one of the last Native Americans to continue armed resistance in North America.
#2 - We Shall Remain (5): Wounded Knee
Season 21 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/11/2009
Rebellious Lakota and allies take up arms in 1973 and force an examination of the failures of the reservation system in the United States.
#3 - We Shall Remain (2): Tecumseh's Vision
Season 21 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2009
The story of a great Native American alliance to counter the 1800s US westward expansion from the Atlantic coast.
#4 - The Polio Crusade
Season 21 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/2009
The human story behind the massive American effort to eliminate the debilitating effects of the polio virus and the truly untested nature of Salk's original vaccine.
#5 - We Shall Remain (3): Trail of Tears
Season 21 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/2009
Perspectives on the forced move of the Cherokee from the southeast to the newly established "Indian Territory" of what is now Oklahoma
#6 - The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Season 21 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/9/2009
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Over the next twelve days, as a fractured nation mourned, the largest manhunt ever attempted closed in on his assassin, the renowned 26-year-old actor John Wilkes Booth. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln recounts this great American drama: two tumultuous months when the joy of peace was shattered by the heartache of Lincoln’s death.
#7 - The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Season 21 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2009
The career of America's most famous and controversial nuclear physicist and his fall from grace during the Cold War.
#8 - A Class Apart
Season 21 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/2009
A 1951 murder by a Mexican-American laborer brings into question the legal status of Hispanics in the United States.
#9 - We Shall Remain (1): After the Mayflower
Season 21 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2009
A chronicle of the early relations and negotiations between the tribes of what became known as New England and the European settlers.