America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
As fiercely opposing sides gathered in Oxford, Mississippi - at the campus of Ole Miss - a battle over desegregation intensified.
Slaves helped to build the White House which upset First Lady Abigail Adams. She and John Adams were the first family to move into the Executive Mansi...
John Dillinger was in jail when his pals broke out of prison in Indiana (using weapons Dillinger had supplied).
In March of 1933, John Dillinger was in the Lake County jail, in Crown Point (Indiana), after being captured in Tucson, Arizona.
John Dillinger's visit to the Little Bohemia resort, in northern Wisconsin, took a very bad turn.
This short biography of John Dillinger includes historical footage and photos of key places in his life (such as his family home in Indiana).
Mike Williams tells his harrowing tale of escape from the burning oil rig in this 60-Minutes interview.
Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
District 12 - where Katniss and Prim Everdeen live - has an area called the Seam.
During World War II, African-Americans faced racial inequality and discrimination at home and in the military.
During a televised segment of the Rogers Commission hearings (on the 11th of February, 1986), Dr.
In 1951, the American government, in consultation with the National Education Association, created a film instructing young school children what to do...
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