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Wild West Scrapbook Investigation - Can You Help?

eisenberge — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:59:10 +0000

This season on History Detectives, the audience can become a history detective by getting involved with their new exciting feature - Web Investigations. History Detectives post a mystery and you help them solve it. Each week, updates and new leads - provided by the audience and their own History Detectives - will be released. The [...]

Fareed Zakaria interviews Historian Niall Ferguson about War of the World

Edgerton — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:47:32 +0000

Harvard and Oxford historian Ferguson wrote the companion book to the documentary series, which provides a controversial angle on WWII. Fareed Zakaria interviewed him about the book in 2006. Watch...

This Day in History: Lyndon Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act

eisenberge — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:58:31 +0000

On July 2, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally-televised ceremony at the White House. More About Lyndon B. Johnson from: American Experience: The Presidents - LBJ site Born: August 27, 1908; Stonewall, Texas… Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to [...]

Watch ‘Election Day’ Doc Online, through July 31, 2008 only

Edgerton — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:42:54 +0000

What's the street-level experience of voters in today's America? In a triumph of documentary storytelling, P.O.V.'s Election Day combines 11 stories — shot simultaneously on November 2, 2004, from dawn until long past midnight — into one. Watch now...

Must-Read Speech by E.L. Doctorow

eisenberge — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:31:43 +0000

From Ragtime to Billy Bathgate to City of God, writer E.L. Doctorow uses historical fiction to tell the story of the American experience. On April 2007 in Washington, there was a joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society on the theme of “The Public Good: Knowledge as [...]

History Detectives: New Season Premieres Tonight

eisenberge — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:42 +0000

The 6th season of History Detectives begins Monday, June 30, 9 pm(check local listings), with a diary of a WWII pilot. Read about their new online, participatory investigations as well...

This Day in History: The Tunguska Event

Edgerton — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:41:36 +0000

100 years ago today, the skies in a remote area of Siberia split open, and havoc rained on the earth for hundreds of miles in every direction. The Tunguska explosion is believed to be the largest impact event on land in Earth's recent history. Read more....

The Story Behind the Bridge on the River Kwai

rossd — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:04:02 +0000

In 1942, the Japanese army needed a new supply route to support its troops in Burma. Under backbreaking conditions, Allied P.O.W.s, along with 1000s of Asian laborers, were ordered to complete a railway linking Thailand and Burma that would include the infamous “bridge on the River Kwai.”

Will We Ever Have a New “New Deal”?

Edgerton — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:51:00 +0000

This lecture/panel discussion casts the New Deal in contemporary terms. Two writers talk about their strikingly different interpretations of the New Deal ... and its meaning for both Election 2008 and the country’s future.

Roberto Clemente Biography: Watch Program Online

Edgerton — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:49:44 +0000

Clemente's talent and inimitable style drew legions of fans, but he was more than an exceptional baseball player. He was also a committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination and worked for social justice. This episode of American Experience is from April 21, 2008, and is watchable in Spanish also. GO