Summer of Love |
Trailer
A portrait of the Haight Ashbury district at the height of the hippie movement.
Summer of Love |
Article
Published in 12 issues from 1966 to 1968, the the newspaper spoke directly to young people's imaginations and concerns.
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
Article
The Dust Bowl prompted the largest migration in American history; by 1940, 2.5 million had moved out of the Plains states.
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
Timeline
For nearly a decade, drought gripped the Great Plains. Explore a timeline of events.
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
Article
April 14, 1935, dawned clear across the plains. Then a huge black cloud appeared on the horizon, approaching fast.
Panama Canal |
Article
In 1932, FDR was elected on a campaign promising a New Deal for the American people.
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
Image Gallery
A Kansas wheat farmer witnessed the searing drought and relentless winds that crippled the southern Great Plains during the 1930s.
Panama Canal |
Trailer
In 1914 the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans.
Panama Canal |
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Ride through the Panama canal with this time-lapse video of the locks in action.
Panama Canal |
Timeline
Forty five years after the U.S. first considered building it, the Panama Canal opened to the public. Explore a timeline of events.
Earth Days |
Trailer
A meditation on man’s complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements and missed opportunities of eco-activism, Earth Days looks at the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement.
Earth Days |
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The first national observation of Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million people across the country took to the streets in protest against environmental pollution.
