Word of these caves and this graffiti had been passed down from generation to generation. Richard Rubin went in search of them.
In the early 1600s, a group of religious radicals left for the New World.
The challenges the Pilgrims faced still resonate centuries later as we remember the origins of America.
Watch the opening scene of The Pilgrims.
The longtime governor of Plymouth Colony, William Bradford, wrote Of Plymouth Plantation.
The first Thanksgiving wasn't the same holiday we celebrate today.
Mayflower passenger John Howland almost didn't make it to the New World.
Mamie Till's decision to hold an open-casket funeral would make her son's death a touchstone for a generation.
After a five-day trial and an hour of deliberation, Emmett Till's killers are acquitted.
Emmett Till's great-uncle and cousin remember the night he was taken.
The photos of Emmett Till's mutilated body stunned the nation.
"When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before."