Season 13
(2000)
Cast
Episodes
The Rockefellers (1) 0.0
October 17, 2000
A dramatic two-part profile of the Rockefellers, a family whose name is synonymous with wealth, begins. Part 1 traces h…
The Rockefellers (2) 0.0
October 24, 2000
The conclusion of a profile of the Rockefellers explores how John D. Jr. accomplished "the seemingly impossible task of…
Secrets of a Master Builder 0.0
October 30, 2000
Charting the life on the Mississippi of James B. Eads (1820-1887), "one of the greatest engineering geniuses of all tim…
Return with Honor 0.0
November 13, 2000
Vietnam POWs recall their ordeals -- at times with great poignancy -- in a first-person history that supplements the co…
Streamliners: America's Last Trains 0.0
February 5, 2001
Recalling the stainless steel trains that crisscrossed the country in high style (and at speeds of greater than 100 mph…
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind 0.0
February 12, 2001
Recalling racial-pride advocate Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), whose grand (some said grandiose) vision included an Africa …
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I 0.0
February 19, 2001
Part 1 and 2 of a six-part chronicle of the Abraham Lincoln-Mary Todd relationship begins with their childhoods and cou…
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II 0.0
February 20, 2001
When the Lincolns arrive in Washington, D.C., in 1861, the president-elect is deemed untested and is mistrusted; Mary, …
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part III 0.0
February 21, 2001
The third part recalls 1863, when opposition to the Civil War spread among Northerners: some see the high level of casu…
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy 0.0
April 2, 2001
Following the 17-year struggle to free nine blacks falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. The st…
Fatal Flood 0.0
April 16, 2001
Recalling the tidal wave of racial conflict that followed in the wake of the surging Mississippi as it inundated the de…
Stephen Foster 0.0
April 23, 2001
A profile of quintessentially American composer Stephen Foster features interviews with historian Fath Ruffins, biograp…
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part IV 0.0
February 21, 2001
Tormented by her grief and losing grip on sanity, Mary Lincoln turns to spiritualists for comfort. Though bowed down wi…
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part V 0.0
February 23, 2001
As 1863 begins, Northerners resent fighting to free black slaves; others are furious with Abraham Lincoln for the devas…
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part VI 0.0
February 24, 2001
Following the Union victory at Gettysburg, and the surrender at Appomattox, the president tells Mary Lincoln they can f…