American Experience | Official Site

Dinosaur Wars | Timeline

American Paleontology in the 19th Century

Clark spends three weeks at Big Bone Lick in America's first organized vertebra paleontology expedition. He uncovers a significant cache of bones of creatures presumably drawn to the area by a salt lick.

Film

Nixon

The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust.

Fidel Castro | Article

Views on Cuba

There are almost as many views about Cuba's past, present, and future as there are individuals. Read four divergent perspectives.

New Orleans | Timeline

Timeline: New Orleans

A timeline looking through the history of New Orleans' past.

The Island Murder | Article

Thalia Massie's Alleged Assault

During the time Thalia claimed the assault had taken place, the young men were involved in a traffic dispute on another street.

Goin' Back To T-Town | Article

A Walk Along Black Wall Street

The Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma was once a Mecca for African American business. Then came the racist mob.

The Secret of Tuxedo Park | Article

Tower House Science Squad

These are the men who visited what Albert Einstein called a “palace of science” — a lab where the greatest scientists from around the world came to work and exchange ideas.

The Mormons | Article

Interview: Jon Butler

Jon Butler is Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Butler describes the complex origins of Joseph Smith and his early church, the historical background from which both emerged, and why portions of the church's history remain problematic for its leaders and members. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on May 16, 2006.

The Vote | Article

Polygamy, Statehood and the First Woman to Vote

Utah’s complicated suffrage history reaches into modern day.

Jesse James | Primary Source

Newspaper Accounts

James was certainly aware of the power of the press, writing directly to newspapers to tell his side of the story and amplify his legend.

Voice of Freedom | Article

Who Owns a Monument?

How the Lincoln Memorial became a symbol for civil rights.

Eyes on the Prize | Article

People Of The Civil Rights Movement: Part 1

Learn about key figures during the civil rights movement.

Reagan | Primary Source

The Brotherhood of Man

One year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Ronald Reagan dedicated Breakthrough, a structure sculpted from eight sections of the Berlin Wall, as the centerpiece of the Westminster College Cold War Memorial.

Stephen Foster | Article

Musical Movements: Impact, Influence and Issues

African American music in Stephen Foster's time, Uncle Tom's Cabin takes the nation by storm, Stephen Foster backs Pennsylvania Democrat James Buchanan and the Yale Glee Club nixes Foster.

Eyes on the Prize | Article

Milestones Of The Civil Rights Movement

Take a closer look at milestones that occured during the civil rights movement.

The Berlin Airlift | Timeline

The Berlin Airlift

President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany.

Murder at Harvard | Behind the Scenes

Webster's Laboratory

Tour the set of Webster's laboratory — the scene of the crime — with the film crew.

FDR | Primary Source

New Deal a Square Deal for the Negro?

An African American journal, Opportunity, examines New Deal policies and calls for fair treatment for blacks.