Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
The Emancipation Proclamation is still debated today, what did it say and how did the country react?
On the 24th of September, 1957, President Eisenhower dispatched paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas.
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.
Nelson Mandela gave this statement to the court during the opening of his defense in the Rivonia treason trial.
In this clip, narrated by Morgan Freeman, we see historical footage depicting tensions between black and white South Africans. The video demonst...
How did the U.S. Supreme Court get the power of "judicial review?
Victorious in the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher addresses her party conference in 1983 - the year the Conservatives won another national election.
Charles Moore - authorized biographer of Margaret Thatcher - discusses the coal strikes of 1984 in this video clip.
In this clip, from a British news program, Margaret Thatcher discusses how she selects her clothes (including what she prefers to wear).
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