Frederic Thompson, Elmer "Skip" Dundy, Samuel Gumpertz, John Y. McKane, George Tilyou and Dick Zigun are spotlighted in the legendary tale of Coney Island.
Wernher von Braun led NASA'S development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death.
This film tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music; freedom songs that propelled the movement evolved from slave chants, the labor movement, and the black church.
"Soundtrack for a Revolution" is a window into the musical and lyrical soul of civil rights movement. Read the lyrics of the songs that inspired the civil rights movement.
Since the days when the Puritan "city on a hill" beckoned on the horizon of the New World, religious faith and belief have forged America's ideals, molded its identity and shaped its sense of mission at home and abroad.
Read about the Black Church in America in this feature written by Marilyn Mellowes. Mellowes was principally responsible for the research and development of the series God in America and has served as its series producer.
