Topic: History

They were the last generation to grow up behind the Iron Curtain.

Visit an unusual summer camp for young women where they recreate life in the Antebellum South.

The driving force behind Daisy Bates's activism was the murder of her mother.

How does a romantic portrayal of the past affect current attitudes on race and gender?

The myth of the southern belle

Erasing slavery from Secession

Justifications for slavery

The southern small farmer

From the 1920s through World War II, The National Barn Dance unified rural Americans.

Enter the video contest and earn a chance to earn great prizes, including tickets to a taping of Austin City Limits.

In the history of Mexico, few men have had the conscience and vision of Felipe Angeles

Jessie Little Doe Baird, a Wampanoag linguist, helps her tribe revive its mother tongue.

Kentucky fiddler Lily May Ledford became a radio star when she appeared on the National Barn Dance.

Jessie Little Doe describes her initial resistance to working with a white linguist.

The Wampanoag people are recovering ancestral stories and writing original songs in their language.

A new generation is breathing life into what was once thought to be a lost language.

Though their ethnicities are mixed, the Wampanoag take pride in their tribal heritage.

A five-part series chronicling the history of the global anti-apartheid movement.

Follow this filmmaker on a humorous campaign to end Black History Month.

During a rough cut meeting, the filmmakers discuss whether or not to cut a scene.

What do The Sound of Music, Blazing Saddles, and E.T. have in common?

Ted Turner's colorization of classic films became film preservation's tipping point.

Like the best movies, The Wizard of Oz takes reality and turns it into a mythology.

Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch embodied both American ideals and fatherhood.

Part 1: Road to Resistance

Part 2: The New Generation

Part 3: From Selma to Soweto

Part 4: The Bottom Line

Part 5: Free At Last

A civil rights hero who put her life on the line.