Watch American Masters' one hour tribute to influentia ljazz legend Cab Calloway.

Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones’s new documentary features 45 original interviews, including Letterman, Leno, Conan, Cavett, DeGeneres, Fallon and Seinfeld.

Watch the full documentary offering an unprecedented look into the mysterious life of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Watch the full documentary on the mysterious author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Gone With the Wind.

Mitchell received news of the prize by phone and hid from the press.

The most important person in Margaret Mitchell's life was her mother Maybelle.

Margaret Mitchell discusses the ways in which she conducted research to retain historical accuracy in Gone With the Wind in this transcription of a radio interview from 1936.

The acclaimed author discusses To Kill a Mockingbird as an agent of radical change.

Childress explains how the character Scout had a radical viewpoint in the segregated south.