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The Polio Crusade, Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS

The Polio Crusade, Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS

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The Polio Crusade Preview

American Experience | The Polio Crusade | Season 21 | Episode 2

American Experience | The Polio Crusade | Season 21 | Episode 2

The Polio Crusade: Teaser | American Experience | PBS

The Polio Crusade: Teaser | American Experience | PBS

To fight a terrible disease, Americans banded together. Watch THE POLIO CRUSADE Tue June 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio | American Experience | PBS

To fight a terrible disease, Americans banded together. Watch THE POLIO CRUSADE Tue June 15 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio | American Experience | PBS

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In the summer of 1950, parents kept their children indoors for fear of a devastating and contagious virus: polio. That year alone, more than 33,000 Americans fell victim to the disease—half of them under the age of ten. But tireless advocates, teams of scientists, and everyday Americans donating their dimes led to the development and rollout of a life-saving vaccine, one of the most important medical breakthroughs in U.S. history. Stream THE POLIO CRUSADE now on YouTube and the PBS App → https:/

In the summer of 1950, parents kept their children indoors for fear of a devastating and contagious virus: polio. That year alone, more than 33,000 Americans fell victim to the disease—half of them under the age of ten. But tireless advocates, teams of scientists, and everyday Americans donating their dimes led to the development and rollout of a life-saving vaccine, one of the most important medical breakthroughs in U.S. history. Stream THE POLIO CRUSADE now on YouTube and the PBS App → https:/

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Polio Crusade: American Experience - Twin Cities PBS

Polio Crusade: American Experience - Twin Cities PBS

American Experience - The Polio Crusade - Twin Cities PBS

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Discover the shocking history of the early 20th-century campaign to breed a “better” American race. Watch THE EUGENICS CRUSADE, now streaming on YouTube and the @PBS App → https://youtu.be/vmRb-0v5xfI | American Experience | PBS

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "The Polio Crusade" To Have Encore Broadcast Tuesday, March 31 at 9 pm - WOUB Public Media

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You may never look at your breakfast cereal the same way again. Meet the figures both celebrated and obscure behind the early 20th-century American eugenics movement. THE EUGENICS CRUSADE is now streaming → to.pbs.org/2NQ8Ddm | American Experience | PBS

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Plague at the Golden Gate: Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS

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The rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose zealous anti-communist crusade would test the limits of American decency and democracy. Tune in or stream MCCARTHY, Mon. Jan. 6 on PBS → to.pbs.org/32KSU6W | American Experience | PBS

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The Pilgrims' seminal and oft-misunderstood journey across the Atlantic 400 years ago profoundly shaped American and world history. Check your local station for THE PILGRIMS, beginning Thu Nov 19 → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims | American Experience | PBS

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Known as "crusades," Billy Graham traveled the world delivering sermons to large audiences. By some estimates, he preached to more than 210 million people in his lifetime. BILLY GRAHAM premieres Mon May 17 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/billy-graham | American Experience | PBS

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“People tend to think that eugenics was a doctrine that originated with the Nazis, that it was grounded in wild claims that were far outside the scientific mainstream. Both of those impressions are fundamentally not true.” Get a sneak peek at THE EUGENICS CRUSADE, premiering on PBS October 16 at 9/8c → to.pbs.org/2yuzo1c | American Experience | PBS

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How fantasy and hubris swept through Los Angeles and led to one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history. Watch FLOOD IN THE DESERT Tue May 3 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flood-desert | American Experience | PBS

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The influenza outbreak of 1918 killed more Americans than all 20th-century wars — combined. INFLUENZA 1918 is now streaming online and on the PBS Video app → to.pbs.org/39pZ4gO | American Experience | PBS

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Edward Winslow reported that the Plymouth colonists prepared to “rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors.” It'd later be called "the first Thanksgiving." Watch THE PILGRIMS, now streaming → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims | American Experience | PBS

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If there was a single moment that launched Joseph McCarthy's crusade, it was this speech at Wheeling, West Virginia. | American Experience | PBS

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