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."
Vivian Leigh, who played the role of Scarlet O'Hara, in "Gone with the Wind," was married, for a time, to the famous actor Laurence Olivier. In this c...
Anyone tuning in late to Mercury Theatre on the Air - the night of October 30, 1938 - would have missed the episode's introduction.
In late February, 1910, days of endless snow in the High Cascades prevented two trains from traveling further on the "Great Northern Route through Ste...
Mahalia Jackson sings "We Shall Overcome" during her European Tour of 1971.
"We Shall Overcome" became the rally cry of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
On the 20th of January, 1993, William Jefferson Clinton (formerly the governor of Arkansas) became America's 42nd president.
This clip - from a Ric Burns documentary about New York City - provides information about Tammany Hall and its nineteenth-century leader, Boss Tweed.
What did two rambunctious little boys, who lived in the White House, do for fun while their father was America's president?
In an effort to get the American public used to African-American pilots flying U.
The first state to grant female suffrage did so in 1869 and the NAWSA worked every year thereafter to make this right a national one.
In this BP-released video, we can see how difficult it is to work on the oil leaks at Mississippi Canyon 252.
At 12:18 PM, on the afternoon of 26 February 1993, a massive explosion occurred in the parking structure of the World Trade Center in New York City....
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