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Profiles in Courage
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who faced terrible life crises.
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Episode 1
Oscar W. Underwood
Sun, Nov 8, 196460 mins
"The Oscar W. Underwood Story," the first drama in this series based on President Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize book. Arriving at the 1924 Democratic National Convention, Senator Underwood was a leading candidate for the Presidential nomination. But the Ku Klux Klan, a power in Democratic Party politics during the Twenties, controlled enough delegates to block the nomination.
Awards
- 1965 - DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television - winner
- 1965 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment - nominated
- 1965 - Peabody Award - - winner
