Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. But when reality finally struck, the consequences of such unbound optimism shocked the world.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, ...

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

Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was ov...

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...

The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader w...

In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from ...

In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets a...

The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassina...

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

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

One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were ri...

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who help...