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  • Film

    The Mormons

    A four-hour exploration into the richness, the complexities and the controversies of the Mormons' story as told through interviews with members of the church, leading writers and historians, and supporters and critics of the Mormon faith.

  • MacArthur | Article

    MacArthur: Three generations

    Douglas MacArthur lived his entire life, from cradle to grave, in the United States Army.

  • Film

    Citizen Hearst

    Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Wielding unprecedented power, Hearst forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.

  • Emma Goldman | Timeline

    Anarchism and Emma Goldman

    Learn about the life and times of anarchist Emma Goldman.

  • Film

    LBJ

    LBJ exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs through Congress with astounding success, but his visions of a Great Society were swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam.

  • Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World | Timeline

    Timeline: Rags to Riches

    From his 1835 birth in Scotland to his 1919 death in Massachusetts — the life of Andrew Carnegie. 

  • God in America | Article

    God in the White House

    From Washington to Obama—the presidents' religious beliefs and their impact on politics.

  • New York: A Documentary Film | Timeline

    Timeline (1609-2001)

    Learn about some important events in New York history, from 1609 up to 2001.

  • War Letters | Primary Source

    In Your State

    Chances are you and your family have old war letters or other family artifacts. These things are not only of personal value, but may be of historic significance to your community as well.

  • Las Vegas: An Unconventional History | Article

    The Atomic Age

    In the 1950s the American public accepted above-ground nuclear bomb blasts just 65 miles from Las Vegas as part of the Cold War effort. Explore ways the government presented the safety and importance of these tests.

  • My Lai | Article

    Interview: Larry Colburn

    Larry Colburn was a gunner in Hugh Thompson's helicopter on March 16, 1968 at My Lai, Vietnam.

  • Remember the Alamo | Article

    Notable People in the Alamo Battle

    Read about José Antonio Navarro, Stephen F. Austin, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Samuel Houston, Juana Navarro Alsbury, James Bowie, and more. 

  • LBJ | Primary Source

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

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

  • Ulysses S. Grant | Timeline

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Timeline of Ulysses Grant, from his birth on April 27, 1822, to his death on December 14, 1902.

  • Miss America | Timeline

    Miss America Timeline

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

  • Alone on the Ice | Article

    Raimond Goerler

    Raimond Goerler, Archivist of the Byrd Polar Center Archives at Ohio State University, was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

  • Film

    We Shall Remain

    From the award-winning PBS series American Experience comes We Shall Remain, a provocative multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history.

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    Victory in the Pacific | Article

    Online Forum

    A panel of experts answered online questions on the end of the war in the Pacific.

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    Jimmy Carter | Primary Source

    Crisis of Confidence

    Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on July 15, 1979.