1293 results found

• 

  Woodrow Wilson | Article

  Wilson's Legacy

  Read what historians have to say on the significance of Wilson's presidency.

• 
  Truman | Primary Source

  Desegregation of the Armed Forces, 1948

  Truman makes desegregation of the armed forces an official government policy.

• 

  Woodrow Wilson | Article

  Eugene Debs

  An outspoken leader of the labor movement, Eugene Debs opposed Woodrow Wilson as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1912 presidential election.

• 

  Article

  Warren G. Harding

  Warren Harding was the first United States senator to be elected president.

• 
  Nixon's China Game | Timeline

  Timeline

  A comprehensive chronology of U.S.-China relations.

• 

  Clinton | Article

  Christiane Amanpour

  Christiane Amanpour was famous for asking Bill Clinton about his "flip flop" tendencies in Bosnia. Read the full transcript of her interview. 

• 

  Film

  The Rockefellers

  Head of the most powerful family in America, billionaire John D. Rockefeller's vast philanthropy changed his family's reputation.

• 

  Film

  The Poison Squad

  The Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food manufacturers and their allies.

• 

  Film

  The Rise and Fall of Penn Station

  The Pennsylvania Railroad Company accomplished an enormous engineering feat, but destroyed a great architectural monument.

• 

  Film

  Chasing the Moon

  Nearly 50 years ago, we took one small step. In 2019, join American Experience and PBS to relive the journey that defined a generation.

• 

  Film

  Citizen King

  In August 1963, a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism.

• 

  Article

  Grover Cleveland

  The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland's second term coincided with a financial depression, the Panic of 1893.

• 

  Dolley Madison | Image Gallery

  A Selection of Significant First Ladies

  Often called “the first First Lady,” Dolley Madison defined the role of the President’s wife and hostess.

• 

  Reagan | Article

  The Iran-Contra Affair

  Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly dear to him.

• 

  American Experience | America and the Holocaust | Article

  Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1891-1967)

  Henry Morgenthau, Jr. and his staff at the Treasury played a key role in President Roosevelt's decision to set up an agency charged with rescuing Europe's Jews. 

• 

  Film

  McCarthy

  McCarthy chronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose zealous anti-communist crusade would test the limits of American decency and democracy.

• 

  JFK | Article

  JFK and Civil Rights

  Kennedy pushed civil rights on many fronts, but his approach was viewed by many as noncommittal. 

• 

  TR | Article

  John Cooper on Theodore Roosevelt

  Rough Riders. Trust busting. And more. Historian John Cooper comments on Theodore Roosevelt.

• 

  Article

  Andrew Jackson

  Andrew Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized as entrenched establishment interests.

• 

  Jimmy Carter | Image Gallery

  Hanukkah at the White House

  In December 1979, Jimmy Carter made history as the first president to mark Hanukkah at the White House, lighting both the (electric) National Menorah in Lafayette Park and a smaller menorah in an outdoor ceremony. Scroll through a gallery of Hanukkah “firsts” at the White House.