Ken Burns' new six-episode docuseries 'The American Revolution' looks at the attitude George Washington had toward allowing ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...
In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...
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Debunking Civil War and Slavery Myths Americans Still Believe
Explore the truths behind Civil War and slavery myths that persist in America and understand the real history behind them.
Ken Burns, with co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, gives us an in-depth look at the war for independence that ...
Elijah Wood was an enslaved soldier who fought for the Union in the Civil War and served in the first United States Colored ...
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...
From Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson to Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, American stars help tell the story of The American ...
“W hen shall we hear the joyfull sound … that slavery is no more?” So asked Jupiter Hammon, an enslaved man whose life in New ...
Over the course of nine September nights on PBS, Ken Burns got millions of Americans excited about their own history with his ...
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