The Eugenics Crusade

October 16, 2018

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American Experience - S30 - E9

The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.

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American Experience: Season 30 - 9 Episode s

30x1 - Into the Amazon
January 9, 2018
The remarkable story of President Theodore Roosevelt’s journey with legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
30x2 - The Secret of Tuxedo Park
January 16, 2018
In the fall of 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his country’s most valuable military secret — a revolutionary radar component — to a Wall Street tycoon, Alfred Lee Loomis. Using his connections, his money, and his brilliant scientific mind, Loomis and his team of scientists developed radar technology that played a more decisive role than any other weapon in World War II.
30x3 - The Gilded Age
February 6, 2018
Meet the titans and barons of the glittering late 19th century, whose materialistic extravagance contrasted harshly with the poverty of the struggling workers who challenged them. The vast disparities between them sparked debates still raging today.
30x4 - The Bombing of Wall Street
February 13, 2018
Explore the story behind the first terrorist attack in the U.S., a mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center that left 38 dead – a crime that remains unsolved today.
30x5 - The Island Murder
April 17, 2018
In the summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders. What unfolded in the following days and weeks was a racially-charged murder case that would make headlines across the nation, enrage Hawai'i's native population, and galvanize the island's law enforcers and the nation's social elite.
30x6 - The Chinese Exclusion Act
May 29, 2018
The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already there to become U.S. citizens.
30x7 - The Circus (Part 1)
October 8, 2018
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment during an era when master showmen P.T. Barnum, James Bailey and the Ringling Brothers transformed the nation’s popular culture.
30x8 - The Circus (Part 2)
October 9, 2018
Revisit the heyday of this distinctly American form of entertainment when former rivals Barnum, Bailey and the Ringling Brothers joined forces to present the “greatest show on earth” in big cities and small towns across the country.
30x9 - The Eugenics Crusade
October 16, 2018
The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.

30x1 - Into the Amazon

30x2 - The Secret of Tuxedo Park

30x3 - The Gilded Age

30x4 - The Bombing of Wall Street

30x5 - The Island Murder

30x6 - The Chinese Exclusion Act

30x7 - The Circus (Part 1)

30x8 - The Circus (Part 2)

30x9 - The Eugenics Crusade

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