S02 Episode 1
Montgomery, AL
Percy Julian battles adversity to become a great scientist; Claudette Colvin lays the groundwork for Rosa Parks; Joe Louis fights Max Schmeling.
21 mins · Tue, 1 Jul 2014
S02 Episode 2
New York City
Frederic Bartholdi struggles to sell the US Congress on the Statue of Liberty; Sybil Ludington takes her midnight ride; Nellie Bly goes undercover at Blackwell's Island.
21 mins · Tue, 8 Jul 2014
S02 Episode 3
American Music
Disc jockey Alan Freed brings popularity to rock 'n' roll music; Kris Kristofferson becomes a songwriter; Sylvia Robinson produces Rapper's Delight.
21 mins · Tue, 15 Jul 2014
S02 Episode 4
Baltimore
Abraham Lincoln tries to avoid assassination on the way to his inauguration; Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner; Edgar Allan Poe feuds with Rufus Griswold.
21 mins · Tue, 22 Jul 2014
S02 Episode 5
Charleston
Charles Sumner gets caned on the Senate floor; Judge J. Waties Waring helps end segregation; a slave named Robert Smalls commandeers a Confederate warship.
21 mins · Tue, 29 Jul 2014
S02 Episode 6
Hollywood
Orson Welles's Citizen Kane upsets William Randolph Hearst; animator Ub Iwerks helps Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse; Nancy Reagan convinces her husband Ronald to enter politics.
21 mins · Tue, 5 Aug 2014
S02 Episode 7
Hawaii
James Cook discovers Hawaii and parties with the natives; Japanese-American Daniel Inouye fights heroically in World War II; Eddie Aikau becomes one of the world's greatest big wave surfers.
21 mins · Tue, 12 Aug 2014
S02 Episode 8
Philadelphia
Baron von Steuben helps train the Continental Army; John Adams and Thomas Jefferson campaign against each other; Benedict Arnold betrays George Washington's army.
21 mins · Tue, 19 Aug 2014
S02 Episode 9
Sports Heroes
Jim Thorpe is named the greatest athlete of the 20th century; Babe Didrikson breaks down gender barriers in sports; despite having only one hand, Jim Abbott achieves prominence as a pitcher.
21 mins · Tue, 26 Aug 2014
S02 Episode 10
First Ladies
Frances Cleveland becomes the youngest first lady; Edith Wilson runs the country after Woodrow Wilson's stroke; Dolley Madison saves several artefacts from destruction.
21 mins · Tue, 2 Sep 2014
