Are people born free? Do governments give rights to citizens or do citizens give-up some rights in exchange for good government? These are stories about people seeking and achieving their civil rights.
This clip - part three of "South Africa under Apartheid" - contains archival footage and historic interviews with people on both sides of the issue.
Hector Pieterson was a twelve-year-old student on the first day of the Soweto Uprising.
To help rebuild the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and his government sent millions of people to forced labor camps.
After Stalin (born Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) died in 1953, Khrushchev said the countrys former leader had committed grave injustices against ...
Stephen Bantu Biko (1946-1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who died, under suspicious circumstances, while in police custody.
Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885. A leading suffragist, she fights hard to give women the right to vote.
As the day of the parade draws closer, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns meet Inez Milholland.
On September 1, 1941, German Jews received the police directive that all Jews above the age of six to wear a yellow star.
This clip is one of the trailers for The Hunger Games, based on the first book of a trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
As Jackie Robinson's popularity grew, so did the public's demand to know more about him. He was a great ballplayer, but what about his person...
While Theseus was sailing to Crete, as a Tribute for King Minos and the Minotaur, the monster had a dream.
Theseus and The Minotaur is a Greek myth about the son of an Athenian king - Theseus - and a horrifying monster - "The Minotaur.
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