Trailer | Voice of Freedom | American Experience
Preview: Season 33 Episode 2 | 30s
Barred from performing in Constitution Hall because of her race, Marian Anderson would sing for the American people in the open air.
Aired: 02/15/21
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The Chinese Six Companies
On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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