September 30, 1991 • 55m
LBJ's career started in 1938 when he was elected a congressman, one of the youngest ever. He was elected to the Senate in 1948 und...Read more
September 30, 1991 • 55m
Lyndon Johnson's ascension to the Presidency and the controversial events of his tenure such as the Great Society and the Vietnam ...Read more
October 7, 1991 • 55m
The first officially formed regiment of northern black soldiers who fought in the Civil War, the 54th's roster included shopkeeper...Read more
October 28, 1991 • 55m
James Michael Curley dominated Boston's politics for almost half a century, building a sophisticated political machine based on rh...Read more
November 4, 1991 • 55m
By an abandoned earthen dam, at a mountain resort 14 miles up the valley, the leaders of industry and their families created an ex...Read more
November 11, 1991 • 55m
The shock of what happened on December 7, 1941 has made Pearl Harbor a synonym for deceit and unpreparedness. Produced for the 50t...Read more
February 24, 1992 • 55m
The rise of the FBI from a minor government bureaucracy to the premiere law enforcement agency in the world under the controversia...Read more
December 9, 1991 • 55m
At a time when black and white musicians rarely performed together, when black musicians were exploited by record companies, Ellin...Read more
January 6, 1992 • 55m
When CBS premiered The $64,000 Question in 1955, the show was more than a hit; it was a national phenomenon. More quiz shows follo...Read more
January 13, 1992 • 55m
Eugene Dennis fled to Moscow to avoid indictment and prison for his work for the American Communist Party in the late 1920s; his w...Read more
February 10, 1992 • 55m
For years there was no federal law to protect the shrinking wilderness from encroaching industry and tourism, until three men dedi...Read more
October 14, 1991 • 55m
P.T. Barnum was huckster, con man, promoter and entertainer. His American Museum featured ancient relics side by side with such "l...Read more
February 17, 1992 • 55m
In 1875, in St. Augustine, Florida, an ambitious experiment was conceived -- to teach Native Americans to become imitation white m...Read more