May 10 Watch LBJ’s ‘Passage of Power’: The Transformation of a ‘Legislative Genius’ LBJ's 'Passage of Power': The Transformation of a 'Legislative Genius'… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Puerto Rico Gov. Fortuno on Obama Visit, Ongoing Statehood Debate Ray Suarez discusses the president's visit with Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno. Continue watching
Jan 20 50 Years Later, Indelible Images of Kennedy’s Inauguration LIFE presents rare and never-seen photos from the event, and from the star-studded parties before and after. Continue reading
Mar 11 Letters Reveal Public Grief for JFK’s Death In the months after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, the public flooded the White House mailbox with 1.5 million condolence letters to then First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. "We loved the President as a father as the father of our… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch JFK Condolence Letters Reveal How a Nation Grieved For the first time, some of the condolence letters sent to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy after President John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 have been published. Gwen Ifill talks to historian Ellen Fitzpatrick about the letters and her book. Continue watching
Aug 29 Leaders Pay Tribute to Kennedy at Boston Funeral Hundreds of political luminaries paid tribute to Sen. Edward Kennedy on a rainy Saturday in Boston as three days of memorials were set to culminate with his entombment near his slain brothers. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch McNamara’s Life Marked by Complex Vietnam Legacy Robert McNamara, one of the primary architects of the Vietnam War, died Monday at age 93. Jim Lehrer talks to Deborah Shapely, the author of a McNamara biography, and Errol Morris, the documentarian who made "Fog of War" about the… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch Newsman Roger Mudd Reflects on ‘Glory Days of Television News’ In his new book, "The Place to Be", veteran television news journalist and former NewsHour correspondent Roger Mudd describes more than 20 years working in the Washington bureau of CBS News and assesses the future of the television news business. Continue watching
Jan 20 Poetry by Robert Frost By PBS News Hour In 1961, poet Robert Frost read his poem "The Gift Outright" at the inauguration of John Kennedy. Continue reading