The American Revolution

In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions...

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

A half century look back at a year marked by the assassinations of MLK and RFK, a contentious presidential election, escalating anti-Vietnam War...

Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States....

Travel back through the 20th century to explore the roots of American music and discover the pioneers of the musical forms that combined on American...

Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the...

Sandburg's Lincoln is a six-part mini-series starring Hal Holbrook as Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.

Hosted by Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, A More or Less Perfect Union features perspectives and interviews from constitutional experts of all stripes -...

What does the Ground Zero flag from 9/11 have in common with the original Wright Brothers flying machine patent? Both are historically important...

Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...

The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies...

When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave...

Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It...

In December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world-famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on...