The Senate confirmation hearing for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett ended Thursday with Republicans on the Judiciary Committee scheduling a vote on her nomination for Oct. 22. rop 13, the campaign to slash property taxes, launched a tax revolt that continues today. var googletag = googletag || {}; The polio crusade was a time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease. Polio had struck in Wytheville. The town was in the midst of a full-blown epidemic. John M. Johnson Atlanta Daily World Watch Now. Samuel L. Katz, scientist: It was very reliable. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents The Polio Crusade, a one-hour documentary from filmmaker Sarah Colt (Geronimo, RFK) that interweaves the personal accounts of polio … We should wait 10 more years.”, Narrator: O’Connor refused to wait. On this episode: voting deadline, counting undocumented in the Census and the flu shot. They were being given very bad news. 187 Film Premieres, LAUSD Spends $200 Million in Pandemic Response Efforts, E1: Cultural Burning - How Native American Peoples Use Fire to Rejuvenate the Land, Huell Visits the Ablitt House in Santa Barbara, Huell Learns About the Life of Cesar Chavez at the Chavez Center. John Troan, journalist Actress Grace Kelly distributes materials to Philadelphia Mothers’ March leaders. (1932). Hayley is still frosty to Ajax, and Charlie can't stop reading bad reviews of her book. Basil O’Connor (archival): Well I can only say to you that I see that its future is still a good sound, safe vaccine, that will protect the people…. A bitter feud arose between Salk and his leading rival, Albert Sabin, an established polio researcher at the University of Cincinnati who was working on his own live virus vaccine. Anne B. Crockett-Stark: Daddy said people just rolled up their car windows and put bandanas around their faces and zoomed through our town. Seth Bomse, On Camera Interviewees John Troan, journalist: Sabin was very aggressive. “The result was a medical breakthrough that saved countless lives, and had a pervasive impact on American philanthropy that continues to be felt today.”, Written, Produced and Directed by Kathryn Black, writer: We lived in this little housing development in Phoenix. Captain Trump wants to steer us straight onto the rocks. Glenn Berkovitz, Location Assistants googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; In the mid-twentieth century, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (the predecessor to today’s March of Dimes) pioneered a new approach to philanthropy, raising money a dime at a time from millions of small donors. Anne B. 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Huell travels to the westernmost point in California in search of the Cape Mendocino Lighthouse. The closure of migrant learning centers in the southern province of Ranong has driven hundreds of Burmese children into work. On July 2, 1952 assisted by the staff at the D.T. Public Media Group of Southern California is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Tax ID: 95-2211661, FCC Public Inspection File | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use, © 2020 - Public Media Group of Southern California, There are no airdates scheduled at this time. Does it work? Julius Youngner, scientist, Salk’s lab, Locations 1952 saw the outbreak of America’s worst polio epidemic. He was a boy scout, delivered newspapers and played trumpet in the school band. After collapsing in his car, Jim is rushed to the hospital, where Hugh discovers that he's been skipping his dialysis appointments. To keep the fight against polio alive Roosevelt turned to his law partner, Basil O’Connor — a man who knew little about polio, but a great deal about power and persuasion. David W. Rose It was held in secrecy like no state secret ever could be. In this publicity photo, they count dimes sent to the White House by ordinary Americans. “We feel sure you’ll want your child to take part.”, Kathryn Black, writer: As a parent today, it’s unimaginable that I would be one of those people pushing my child to the front of the line, saying, you know, “Put the polio vaccine in my child first, and let’s see if it works.”. So it was a, it was almost, not hopeless, but it was gettin’ pretty close that way. Closed Captioning. The years to come would see the scientific efforts of both Salk and Sabin pay off dramatically. You-you just couldn’t pick up everybody and leave and you couldn’t set the whole town on fire. They were told to do that, so that we would not get it. ©2009 WGBH Educational Foundation Samuel L. Katz, scientist: Dr. Sabin had already established a reputation as a sound and imaginative innovative investigator. It certainly saved my mother’s life, but it also was its own terrible existence. That year alone, more than 33,000 Americans fell victim — half of them under the age of ten. What happens to your mind, day after day, night after night? The annual President’s Birthday Ball – celebrated on President Roosevelt’s birthday – was a major polio research fundraiser that usually included President Roosevelt and a variety of celebrities. Susana Fernandes The Polio Crusade. Kathryn Black, writer: The development of the iron lung was a great scientific advancement in medical care. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. Patrick Ramirez, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, NEW MEDIA document.documentElement.className += 'js'; Owen Williams, Sound Recordists Everybody was waiting, waiting, waiting. Suggested classroom activities on how polio affected the local community and the effectiveness of the vaccine. The vaccine works. Watson Home for Crippled Children Jonas Salk injected 43 children with his killed virus vaccine. John Troan, journalist: There was a build-up to the report on the field trial. Marston House Museum ... (Enter your ZIP code for information on American Experience events and screening in your area.)
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