Ken Burns: American Lives
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Episodes
S1 E1 - Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
November 7, 19991 h 34 minElizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men. By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the better the lives of women everywhere.Available to buyS1 E2 - Not For Ourselves Alone: Part 2
November 6, 19991 h 30 minElizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men. By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the better the lives of women everywhere.Available to buyS1 E3 - Thomas Jefferson: Part 1
February 17, 19971 h 26 minRevered as the author of the Declaration of Independence, the most sacred document in American history, yet condemned as a lifelong owner of slaves, Thomas Jefferson remains the enigma that is America.Available to buyS1 E4 - Thomas Jefferson: Part 2
February 17, 19971 h 29 minRevered as the author of the Declaration of Independence, the most sacred document in American history, yet condemned as a lifelong owner of slaves, Thomas Jefferson remains the enigma that is America.Available to buyS1 E5 - Frank Lloyd Wright: Part 1
January 22, 19981 h 23 minHe was a master builder, a rebel and a worshipper of nature. Frank Lloyd Wright left behind a legacy of beautiful homes and buildings, and changed America's approach to architecture forever.Available to buyS1 E6 - Frank Lloyd Wright: Part 2
January 22, 19981 h 14 minHe was a master builder, a rebel and a worshipper of nature. Frank Lloyd Wright left behind a legacy of beautiful homes and buildings, and changed America's approach to architecture forever.Available to buyS1 E7 - Mark Twain: Part 1
January 13, 20021 h 50 minSamuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best known and best loved author.Available to buyS1 E8 - Mark Twain: Part 2
January 14, 20021 h 43 minSamuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best known and best loved author.Available to buyS1 E9 - Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
October 6, 20031 h 46 minIn the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage."Available to buyS1 E10 - Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
January 17, 20051 h 51 min"Unforgivable Blackness" tells the story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports, and his struggle to live his life as a free man.Available to buyS1 E11 - Unforgivable Blackness: Part 2
January 17, 20051 h 42 min"Unforgivable Blackness" tells the story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports, and his struggle to live his life as a free man.Available to buyS1 E12 - Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
November 4, 19971 h 45 minThe most notable expedition in U.S. history was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with soldiers, an African-American slave, a female guide, and Canadian boatmen.Available to buyS1 E13 - Lewis & Clark: Part 2
November 4, 19971 h 44 minThe most notable expedition in U.S. history was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with soldiers, an African-American slave, a female guide, and Canadian boatmen.Available to buy
