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American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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Roberto Clemente - S20 E7
Born in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente was an exceptional baseball player and humanitarian whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change. He died in a tragic plane crash in 1972.
- Tuesday January 25, 2022 9:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday January 25, 2022 8:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday January 27, 2022 2:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday January 27, 2022 1:00 am CT on KET
Freedom Riders - S23 E11
Civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961.
- Sunday January 23, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday January 23, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET2
- Wednesday January 26, 2022 4:00 am ET on KET
- Wednesday January 26, 2022 3:00 am CT on KET
- Thursday January 27, 2022 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Thursday January 27, 2022 2:00 am CT on KET2
Riveted: The History of Jeans
Discover the fascinating story of this iconic American garment. From their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American ideology and politics are writ large.
- Monday February 7, 2022 9:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday February 7, 2022 8:00 pm CT on KET
- Wednesday February 9, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Wednesday February 9, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Thursday February 10, 2022 9:00 pm ET on KET2
- Thursday February 10, 2022 8:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday February 13, 2022 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Sunday February 13, 2022 2:00 am CT on KET2
The American Diplomat
The film examines the experience of African American diplomats serving during the Cold War. At the height of the civil rights movement in the U.S., these men and women represented the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home.
- Tuesday February 15, 2022 9:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday February 15, 2022 8:00 pm CT on KET
- Wednesday February 16, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday February 16, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday February 17, 2022 2:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday February 17, 2022 1:00 am CT on KET
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory - S12 E8
Following the Civil War, a group of former slaves from Fisk University traveled throughout the United States and Europe bringing the power of spirituals and religious anthems to new audiences.
- Sunday February 20, 2022 10:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday February 20, 2022 9:00 pm CT on KET2
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation: American Experience - S31 E6
- Thursday January 20, 2022 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Thursday January 20, 2022 2:00 am CT on KET2
- Wednesday January 19, 2022 4:00 am ET on KET
- Wednesday January 19, 2022 3:00 am CT on KET
- Sunday January 16, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday January 16, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET2
The Mine Wars - S28 E2
- Thursday January 13, 2022 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Thursday January 13, 2022 2:00 am CT on KET2
- Wednesday January 12, 2022 4:00 am ET on KET
- Wednesday January 12, 2022 3:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday January 11, 2022 12:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday January 11, 2022 11:00 am CT on KET
- Sunday January 9, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday January 9, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET2
The Pilgrims - S27 E10
- Thursday January 6, 2022 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Thursday January 6, 2022 2:00 am CT on KET2
- Wednesday January 5, 2022 4:00 am ET on KET
- Wednesday January 5, 2022 3:00 am CT on KET
- Sunday January 2, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday January 2, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET2
Goin' Back to T-Town - S5 E12
- Tuesday January 4, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday January 4, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
American Experience - The Codebreaker - S33 E1
- Tuesday January 4, 2022 12:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday January 4, 2022 11:00 am CT on KET
- Sunday January 2, 2022 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Sunday January 2, 2022 2:00 am CT on KET2
- Thursday December 30, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday December 30, 2021 1:00 am CT on KET
American OZ - S33 E4
- Tuesday December 28, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday December 28, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory - S12 E8
- Wednesday December 22, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday December 22, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET
Voice of Freedom - S33 E2
- Sunday December 26, 2021 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Sunday December 26, 2021 2:00 am CT on KET2
- Thursday December 23, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET2
- Thursday December 23, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET2
- Thursday December 23, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday December 23, 2021 1:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday December 21, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday December 21, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET
