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Ken Burns: American Lives Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

13 Episodes 1997 - 2005

Episode 1

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

Sun, Nov 7, 199994 mins

Elizabeth 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.

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Episode 2

Not For Ourselves Alone: Part 2

Sun, Nov 7, 199990 mins

Elizabeth 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.

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Episode 3

Thomas Jefferson: Part 1

Tue, Feb 18, 199786 mins

Revered 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.

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Episode 4

Thomas Jefferson: Part 2

Tue, Feb 18, 199789 mins

Revered 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.

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Episode 5

Frank Lloyd Wright: Part 1

Tue, Nov 10, 199882 mins

He was a master builder, a rebel and a worshiper of nature. Frank Lloyd Wright left behind a legacy of beautiful homes and buildings, and changed America's approach to architecture forever.

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Episode 6

Frank Lloyd Wright: Part 2

Tue, Nov 10, 199873 mins

He was a master builder, a rebel and a worshiper of nature. Frank Lloyd Wright left behind a legacy of beautiful homes and buildings, and changed America's approach to architecture forever.

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Episode 7

Mark Twain: Part 1

Mon, Jan 14, 2002110 mins

Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best known and best loved author.

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Episode 8

Mark Twain: Part 2

Mon, Jan 14, 2002103 mins

Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best known and best loved author.

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Episode 9

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Mon, Oct 6, 200334 mins

In 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."

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Episode 10

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Mon, Jan 17, 200523 mins

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.

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Episode 11

Unforgivable Blackness: Part 2

Mon, Jan 17, 2005102 mins

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.

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Episode 12

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Tue, Nov 4, 1997105 mins

The 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.

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Episode 13

Lewis & Clark: Part 2

Tue, Nov 4, 1997104 mins

The 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.

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