Sep 12 This day in history, JFK gives ‘Moon’ speech .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } "We go to the Moon,… Continue reading
Sep 12 #JFK Here are future President & First Lady on Acapulco honeymoon--60th anniversary today: #JFKL pic.twitter.com/25UvPSykLf— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 12, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 10 From the NewsHour vault: This day in history On this day in 1998, President Clinton met with Senate democrats and members of his Cabinet to ask forgiveness for his actions in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. James Lee Witt, chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, described… Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch After 75 Years, an Untarnished Reputation for America’s Man of Steel After 75 Years, an Untarnished Reputation for America's Man of Steel… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Diana Nyad Says Record-Setting Swim Was About Being ‘Fully Engaged’ in Life Diana Nyad Says Record-Setting Swim Was About Being 'Fully Engaged' in Life… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch ‘I Felt That We Had to Be Tough’: John Lewis Remembers the March on Washington 'I Felt We Had to Be Tough': Rep. John Lewis Remembers the March on Washington… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Government Gridlock Then and Now: Are We More Divided Than in the Past? Government Gridlock Then and Now: Are We More Divided Than in the Past?… Continue watching
Aug 13 The Russian Entrepreneur Who Hired Picasso, Stravinsky and Balanchine to Revolutionize the Ballet By Molly Finnegan, Ellen Rolfes Under the direction and mentorship of Serge Diaghilev, the visual artists, composers and choreographers that worked with the Ballets Russes transformed ballet into an avant-garde art form, breaking with tradition and looking for something new, something that reflected the modernity… Continue reading
Aug 12 The March on Washington at 50: What is its Relevance Today? All photos courtesy Leonard Freed Estate On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people traveled in cars, trains, chartered buses and airplanes to the nation's capital to participate in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. To kick off… Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch As Egypt Announces New Measures to Quell Protests, U.S. Considers Influence As Egypt Announces New Measures to Quell Protests, U.S. Considers Influence… Continue watching