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10 That Changed America

Extended Trailer | Streets

It’s a whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around.

Aired 07/10/2018 | Rating TV-G

10 That Changed America

Extended Trailer | Streets

Preview: Season 2 Episode 1 | 1m 9sVideo has Closed Captions

It’s a whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around.

It’s a whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around. 10 Streets that Changed America begins and ends on Broadway in New York. We’ll trace the street’s 400-year evolution: from Native American road, to Dutch trading route, to the home of America’s earliest public transit, to an electrically-lighted theater district known as the “Great White Way."

Aired 07/10/2018 | Rating TV-G

10 that Changed America is made possible, in part, by The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation. Major funding is also provided by Joan and Robert Clifford, The Walter E. Heller Foundation, and other generous supporters.

10 Streets That Changed America

Video has Closed Captions

A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around. (1m 13s)

Episode 1 Preview | 10 Streets That Changed America

Video has Closed Captions

A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around. (31s)

Web Extra: Artifacts of the Boston Post Road

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Many historic remnants can still be found along today's Boston Post Road. (3m 33s)

Web Extra: How A Highway Paved the Way to Opportunities

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The Lincoln Highway gave women and people of color unprecedented freedom to travel. (3m 17s)

Web Extra: Segregation on Streetcars

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Richard Campanella, professor at Tulane University, talks about segregation in New Orleans (3m 25s)

Web Extra: The Fight to Remember Black Wall Street

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Reconciliation Park is an effort to remember and learn from the devastation in Tulsa, OK. (4m 6s)

Web Extra: Van Buren vs. Horse

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Former President Martin Van Buren fell from his horse-drawn carriage on the National Road. (1m 16s)

Woodward Was One of the First Streets to Adapt to the Car

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Woodward Avenue in Detroit was one of the first streets to fully adapt to the automobile. (6m 32s)

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10 that Changed America is made possible, in part, by The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation. Major funding is also provided by Joan and Robert Clifford, The Walter E. Heller Foundation, and other generous supporters.

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