An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

The film is a comprehensive and definitive history of the American Civil War, and the recipient of 40 major film and television awards, including two Emmys and two Grammys. Heralded as an ...

American homes became headquarters ... places and events surrounding the Civil War. Explore each episode and watch clips from the film.

The American Revolution, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary ... The filmmakers and PBS scheduled the broadcast for 2025, the 250th anniversary of the start of the war, which began in the spring ...

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the American Revolution. It will air for six consecutive nights and will ...

Photo Bank via Getty Images) The American ... documentary series from the prolific Ken Burns that explores the country’s founding and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on PBS ...

EXCLUSIVE: The name Walter White isn't as familiar to Americans as those of Thurgood Marshall or W.E.B. Du Bois, but it should be – to anyone who cares about history, and the cause of racial justice ...

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No fewer than 14 African-American soldiers were awarded the Medal ... For all that, New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree, that deserves ...

(JTA) — One of the first people introduced in Ken Burns’ new documentary series ... documentarian of American history, with iconic works such as “The Civil War,” “Jazz” and “Baseball ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary ... The filmmakers and PBS scheduled the broadcast for 2025, the 250th anniversary of the start of the war, which began in the spring ...