Watch Chapter 1 of Woodstock.
In 1969, Joel Rosenman and his partners met to brainstorm what would become Woodstock.
Five weeks before the festival, Max Yasgur, a dairy farmer agreed to host Woodstock on his property.
Enjoy this 23-hour sampling of songs that were played at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair between August 15-18, 1969.
Wavy Gravy named himself the “Please Chief” of the Hog Farm’s “Please Force." He was in charge of Woodstock festival security.
Read the fine print in this pageant contract, which includes the notorious rule barring non-white women from competing.
A timeline of the pageant and American women's history.
Read about the Miss America Organization, Lenora Slaughter's work to transform the pageant, and its host Bert Parks.
Follow the evolution of beauty culture and pageantry from ancient Greece and medieval era European festivals to modern beauty queens on a world stage.
Read about the pageant's long history of excluding women of color and the 1968 protest.
Watch a preview of Chaing the Moon, Part 2.
Watch a preview of Chasing the Moon, Part 3.
