As the war ends, America is forever transformed by the violent and bloody conflict. And while many herald the peace, others worry about democracy at home.
American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels discusses the film and why we made it — explaining that you cannot understand the world we live in today without understanding the Great War.
An intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking writings revolutionized our relationship to the natural world and launched the modern environmental movement.
During the Great Depression, gangsters became unlikely heroes. They were glorified in movies and fueled American imaginations, desperate for entertainment.
Since their deaths, dozens of movies and television series have been made glamorizing the lives and deaths of Bonnie and Clyde. This is the true story.
They called it "a campaign that may have no parallel since the days of Reconstruction." In 1964, more than 700 civil rights workers focused their efforts on Mississippi.
