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."
Fighting for a woman's rights to vote, Alice Paul ignores the possibility of falling in love.
WARNING - THIS CLIP DEPICTS GRAPHIC SCENES OF MISTREATMENT IN A PRISON SETTING.
Lucy Burns friend of Alice Paul worked internationally to get women the right to vote.
Lyndon Baines Johnson was Vice President during the Kennedy Administration.
Navy guns bombard the beaches of Leyte, and carrier-based planes bomb the island defenses, as General MacArthur makes good on his promise to the Filip...
This clip recreates the trial of Major Henry Wirz who was the superintendent of a prisoner-of-war camp - located in Andersonville, Georgia - at which ...
How did the U.S. Supreme Court get the power of "judicial review?
Sherman implemented a policy of destruction against his Southern enemies.
As the spacecraft carrying an exploratory rover descends to Mars, controllers on Earth are monitoring what is occurring hundreds of millions of miles ...
Hitting the Martian surface at about 40 Gs, a lander carrying the Mars rover is cushioned by air bags.
After traveling seven months to Mars, the orbiter (MRO) circles the Red Planet and transmits images to her controllers on Earth.
Dr. King gives his powerful, transforming ''I Have a Dream'' speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.
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