Chapter 1 | The Polio Crusade
Clip: Season 21 Episode 2 | 9m 36s | Video has closed captioning.
A tribute to a time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease.
Aired: 03/31/20
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American Experience.
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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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