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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was loved by his people for his fierce courage while pioneers fear...

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

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

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

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, ...
He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all t...

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

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...

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...