Synopsis
This long-running ABC News series of special reports/documentaries explores different aspects of life in the United States, featuring the most prominent ABC News correspondents of their times.
Episodes
1E1Cast the First Stone2E2Paradise in Chains3E3What's the Proposition?4E4The Money Raisers5E5Yanki No!Tracing anti-U.S. sentiment as it builds in Latin America, Yanki No! juxtaposes the candid humanity of life in a Caracas slum with the actions of diplomats and political figures, including Cuba’s Fidel Castro addressing a rally of one million people.6E6Featherbedding?7E7The Red and the Black8E8X-PilotA pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.9E9The Children Were WatchingSix-year-old Yolanda Gabrielle, escorted by her mother, becomes the target of the taunts of a crowd of shouting segregationists as she makes her way to school, one of the few white children to continue attending after four African-American students were admitted to her first-grade class. Tessie Prevost, also 6, receives the protection of U.S. Marshals to enter and leave the nearly empty school, as do the other three African-American children. The ugly crowd swarms the Gabrielle’s home after school, and Yolanda’s father comes home only to tell his wife that he’s been provoked by angry co-workers to quit his job.10E10Adventures on the New FrontierA portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.11E11I Remember12E1290 Miles to Communism13E13C'est la Guerre14E14Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)15E15Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)16E16The Flabby American17E17The Troubled Land18E18Our Durable Diplomats
