About this season
This long-running ABC News series of special reports/documentaries explores different aspects of life in the United States, featuring the most prominent ABC News correspondents of their times.
Episodes (18)
1. Cast the First Stone
Aired 27 September 1960
2. Paradise in Chains
Aired 13 October 1960
3. What's the Proposition?
Aired 3 November 1960
4. The Money Raisers
Aired 25 November 1960
5. Yanki No!
Aired 7 December 1960
Tracing anti-U.S. sentiment as it builds in Latin America, Yanki No! juxtaposes the candid humanity of life in a Caracas slum with the actions of diplomats and political figures, including Cuba’s Fidel Castro addressing a rally of one million people.
6. Featherbedding?
Aired 9 December 1960
7. The Red and the Black
Aired 22 January 1961
8. X-Pilot
Aired 6 February 1961
A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.
9. The Children Were Watching
Aired 6 March 1961
Six-year-old Yolanda Gabrielle, escorted by her mother, becomes the target of the taunts of a crowd of shouting segregationists as she makes her way to school, one of the few white children to continue attending after four African-American students were admitted to her first-grade class. Tessie Prevost, also 6, receives the protection of U.S. Marshals to enter and leave the nearly empty school, as do the other three African-American children. The ugly crowd swarms the Gabrielle’s home after school, and Yolanda’s father comes home only to tell his wife that he’s been provoked by angry co-workers to quit his job.
10. Adventures on the New Frontier
Aired 28 March 1961
A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.
11. I Remember
Aired 14 April 1961
12. 90 Miles to Communism
Aired 18 April 1961
13. C'est la Guerre
Aired 27 April 1961
14. Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)
Aired 9 May 1961
15. Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)
Aired 16 May 1961
16. The Flabby American
Aired 30 May 1961
17. The Troubled Land
Aired 13 June 1961
18. Our Durable Diplomats
Aired 22 June 1961