He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared, but would prove to be a surprise.

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...

The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kill...

Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journ...

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine...

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, th...

Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living...

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost...

November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a d...

In 1988, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presi...

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at...

On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signali...

Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern histor...

Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...

On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at Ne...

A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.

American Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by R...

The remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brown...

Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the iso...