About this season
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage.
Episodes (26)
1. The Oscar W. Underwood Story
Aired 8 November 1964
2. The Mary S. McDowell Story
Aired 15 November 1964
3. Thomas Hart Benton
Aired 29 November 1964
4. Richard T. Ely
Aired 6 December 1964
5. Sam Houston
Aired 13 December 1964
6. Governor John M. Slaton
Aired 20 December 1964
7. John Adams
Aired 27 December 1964
8. Robert A. Taft
Aired 3 January 1965
9. Anne Hutchinson
Aired 10 January 1965
Anne Hutchinson rebelled against religious intolerance in Puritan New England.
10. Gen. Alexander William Doniphan
Aired 17 January 1965
11. John Peter Altgeld
Aired 24 January 1965
12. Frederick Douglass
Aired 31 January 1965
13. Daniel Webster
Aired 7 February 1965
14. Woodrow Wilson
Aired 14 February 1965
15. Prudence Crandall
Aired 21 February 1965
The story of Crandall's fight against school segregation.
16. Andrew Johnson
Aired 28 February 1965
17. Hamilton Fish
Aired 7 March 1965
18. Charles Evans Hughes
Aired 14 March 1965
19. Edmund G. Ross
Aired 21 March 1965
The story of Ross' celebrated anti-impeachment vote for Andrew Johnson.
20. George W. Norris
Aired 28 March 1965
21. Grover Cleveland
Aired 4 April 1965
22. John Quincy Adams
Aired 11 April 1965
23. John Marshall
Aired 18 April 1965
24. Judge Ben B. Lindsey
Aired 25 April 1965
25. George Mason
Aired 2 May 1965
26. Thomas Corwin
Aired 9 May 1965