History

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks to the country following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Continue

Daniel Inouye was preparing to go to church with his family when the attack on Pearl Harbor began Continue

The history and collecting of celestial maps; a 1956 signed photo of a 10-year-old posed between baseball Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella. 6/24/2013 Continue

It was the only successful slave insurrection in history. Vaguely remembered today, it was a hurricane at the turn of the nineteenth century traumatizing Southern planters and inspiring slaves and abolitionists worldwide. Egalité for All:Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution tells the story of a movement that's been called the true birth moment of universal human rights. Continue

Program segment for PBS Learning Media. Continue

Program segment for PBS Learning Media. Continue

A visit to nearby Pioneertown to discuss trophy belt buckles; Marilyn Monroe’s dress from the classic 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot. 6/17/2013 Continue

Rita Moreno talks about her experience on West Side Story and the prejudices she faced in Hollywood Continue

Narrated by Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Continue