American Experience | Official Site

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided | Clip

Historian Margaret Washington

Historian Margaret Washington discusses topics of the antebellum period.

Film

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Long before Paul Newman and Robert Redford immortalized them on screen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid captivated Americans from coast to coast.

Citizen King | Article

An Interview with Orlando Bagwell

Acclaimed filmmaker Orlando Bagwell explores Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and describes working on Citizen King.

Patriots Day | Timeline

Patriots Day and Related Events

The event, known as the Boston Massacre, is widely publicized by Paul Revere, who engraves and distributes color prints depicting the incident.

Patriots Day | Timeline

Patriots Day and Other Related Events

Travel back in time and review a chronology of the Battle of Lexington and Concord and related events.

Film

The Big Burn (español)

En 1910, el mayor incendio en la historia de EE. UU. se desató en las Rocosas del Norte.

Film

Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.

Film

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (español)

In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.

Murder of a President | Primary Source

Garfield Nominates John Sherman

At the 1880 Republican Convention in Chicago, James Garfield was called upon to make a nominating address for fellow Ohioan, John Sherman.

Ulysses S. Grant | Article

Grant's Greatest Battles

When he took command of his own troops in the Civil War, Grant won an impressive string of battlefield victories.

Chicago: City of the Century | Article

World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier.

Film

Roberto Clemente (español)

Una mirada en profundidad a un excepcional beisbolista y a un comprometido filántropo que desafió la discriminación racial para convertirse en la primera superestrella latina del beisbol.

Film

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt supported her husband's New Deal and advocated for civil rights, becoming one of the 20th century's most influential women.

Film

Hard Hat Riot (español)

Hard Hat Riot repasa los eventos de Nueva York en 1970, cuando los estudiantes que protestaban contra la guerra de Vietnam se enfrentaron violentamente con los obreros, marcando el comienzo de una nueva división política y cultural que redefiniría el panorama político estadounidense.