Season 21 Episode Guide
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Season 21, Episode 1 | January 26th, 2009 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer featuring interviews with the scientist’s former colleagues and scholars to present a revealing portrait of one of the most important and controversial scientists... more
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Season 21, Episode 2 | February 2nd, 2009 The Polio Crusade
The Polio Crusade, interweaving the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of a crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease. more
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Season 21, Episode 3 | February 9th, 2009 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Season 21, Episode 4 | February 23rd, 2009 A Class Apart
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Season 21, Episode 5 | April 13th, 2009 We Shall Remain: Part I - After the Mayflower
In 1621, the Wampanoag of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble... more
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Season 21, Episode 6 | April 20th, 2009 We Shall Remain: Part II - Tecumseh's Vision
In the course of his brief and meteoric career, Tecumseh would become one of the greatest Native American leaders of all time, orchestrating the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted... more
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Season 21, Episode 7 | April 27th, 2009 We Shall Remain: Part III - Trail of Tears
Though the Cherokee embraced “civilization” and won recognition of tribal sovereignty in the U.S. Supreme Court, their resistance to removal from their homeland failed. Thousands were forced on a perilous... more
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Season 21, Episode 8 | May 4th, 2009 We Shall Remain: Part IV - Geronimo
As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment... more
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Season 21, Episode 9 | May 11th, 2009 We Shall Remain: Part V - Wounded Knee
In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances. As a result of the siege, Indians across the... more
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Season 21, Episode 10 | May 18th, 2009 The Kennedys
