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  • Film

    Freedom Riders

    The powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever.

  • Woodrow Wilson | Timeline

    The Life and Times of Wilson

    Learn about the events Woodrow Wilson lived through.

  • Tupperware! | Timeline

    Women, Work, and Plastics

    From the 1950s to 2003,  a timeline of key events that chronicle the evolution of women, work, and the history of Tupperware.

  • American Experience | America and the Holocaust | Timeline

    Timeline

    A timeline of America's reaction to the Holocaust.

  • Mary Pickford | Timeline

    A Century of Hollywood Events

    From 1870 to 1999, key events to help understand the life and impact of Mary Pickford. 

  • Film

    America 1900

    America 1900 presents a comprehensive picture of what life was like in the United States at the turn of the century.

  • Film

    Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration.

  • Vietnam: A Television History | Article

    Military Personnel Reflect on the War

    Read essays form the military personnel on the War in Vietnam.

  • Hijacked! | Article

    The People Involved and Affected

    Find out more about the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the hijackers' perspective, the experience of being a hostage, flight crews and airport security, and journalists in a new age of global terrorism.

  • The Great Fever | Primary Source

    Towards an Understanding of Yellow Fever

    Primary sources from nineteenth and early twentieth century doctors show how far we've come in dealing with yellow fever.

  • Film

    Freedom Riders (español)

    La poderosa, desgarradora e inspiradora historia de seis meses en 1961 que cambiaron para siempre a Estados Unidos.

  • Panama Canal | Timeline

    Creating the Canal

    Forty five years after the U.S. first considered building it, the Panama Canal opened to the public. Explore a timeline of events.

  • LBJ | Primary Source

    A Segregationist's View of the Civil Rights Movement, 1964

    Presidential candidate George C. Wallace denounces the Civil Rights Act.

  • Film

    The Swamp

    The Swamp, explores the repeated efforts to reclaim, control and transform what was seen as a vast wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, and, ultimately, the drive to preserve America’s greatest wetland.

  • Freedom Riders | Article

    Meet the Players: Freedom Riders

    Meet the Freedom Riders.

  • Film

    Walt Disney

    An unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America's most enduring and influential storytellers.

  • Film

    Vietnam: A Television History

    A six-year project from conception to completion, Vietnam: A Television History carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of a controversial but intriguing war. From the first hour through the last, the series provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues.

  • Miss America | Timeline

    Miss America Timeline

    A timeline of the pageant and American women's history. 

  • Film

    George W. Bush

    The latest in our award-winning series of presidential biographies, this film looks at the life and presidency of George W. Bush, from his unorthodox road to the presidency to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the myriad of challenges he faced over his two terms, from the war in Iraq to the 2008 financial crisis.

  • American Experience | America and the Holocaust | Article

    Kurt Klein's Story

    Kurt Klein emigrated to the U.S. in 1937 and exchanged hundreds of letters with his parents who were deported to Auschwitz. Read excerpts from these letters.