# American Experience season 19

Season 19 of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on October 2, 2006 and concluded on May 14, 2007. The season contained 15 new episodes and began with the first two parts of the Eyes on the Prize miniseries, "Awakenings (1954–1956)" and "Fighting Back (1957–1962)". The first six parts of the 14-part miniseries were a rebroadcast of the production originally shown during 1987 on PBS. The Mormons film was co-produced with the PBS documentary program Frontline.

## Episodes

    * Denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
| 219 | 1* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 1–2)" | Judith Vecchione (Parts 1–2) | Civil Rights | October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02) |
| Part 1: "Awakenings (1954–1956)" - Chronicles the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi and the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. Part 2: "Fighting Back (1957–1962)" - Chronicles the school desegregation efforts at Central High School by the Little Rock Nine in Arkansas and by James Meredith at the University of Mississippi during the Ole Miss riot of 1962. ||||||
| 220 | 2* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 3–4)" | Orlando Bagwell (Part 3) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 4) | Civil Rights | October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09) |
| Part 3: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960–1961)" - Covers the Nashville sit-ins and boycotts that sought to end racial segregation at lunch counters in Tennessee and the Freedom Riders efforts to end segregation on interstate transportation and terminals throughout the southern United States. Part 4: "No Easy Walk (1961–1963)" - Examines the failed attempt by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Albany, Georgia to end segregation and the subsequent lessons learned to win a major victory in Birmingham, Alabama during the Birmingham campaign. The film also covers the March on Washington, one of the largest political rallies for civil rights in United States. ||||||
| 221 | 3* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 5–6)" | Orlando Bagwell (Part 5) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 6) | Civil Rights | October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16) |
| Part 5: "Mississippi: Is This America? (1962–1964)" - Chronicles the murder of Medgar Evers in 1963 and the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964 in Mississippi. The film also covers the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) attendance at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City during the United States presidential election of 1964. Part 6: "Bridge to Freedom (1965)" - Examines efforts to restore voting rights in Selma, Alabama during the Selma to Montgomery marches. ||||||
| 222 | 4 | "Test Tube Babies" | Chana Gazit & Hilary Klotz Steinman | Technology | October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23) |
| 223 | 5 | "The Great Fever" | Adriana Bosch & Michael Chin | Technology | October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30) |
| The film examines the work of Walter Reed in his efforts to discover the transmitter of the viral disease yellow fever. ||||||
| 224 | 6 | "The Gold Rush" | Randall MacLowry | The American West | November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06) |
| 225 | 7 | "The Berlin Airlift" | Peter Adler, Alexander Berkel & Stefan Mausbach | War | January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29) |
| 226 | 8 | "The Living Weapon" | John Rubin | Technology, War | February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05) |
| The film chronicles the development of the biological weapons program in the United States. ||||||
| 227 | 9 | "New Orleans" | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture | February 12, 2007 (2007-02-12) |
| 228 | 10 | "Sister Aimee" | Linda Garmon | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 2, 2007 (2007-04-02) |
| 229 | 11 | "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" | Stanley Nelson | Popular Culture | April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09) |
| 230 | 12 | "Summer of Love" | Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco | Popular Culture | April 23, 2007 (2007-04-23) |
| The film recounts the history of the hippie movement in Haight-Ashbury district within San Francisco during the summer of 1967. ||||||
| 231 | 13 | "The Mormons (Part 1)" | Helen Whitney | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | April 30, 2007 (2007-04-30) |
| Part 1: "History" ||||||
| 232 | 14 | "The Mormons (Part 2)" | Helen Whitney | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01) |
| Part 2: "Church & State" ||||||
| 233 | 15 | "Alexander Hamilton" | Muffie Meyer | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14) |