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Revisit Pittsburgh's struggles during the so-called golden era of civil rights, and meet many of the men and women who lit the way for...

Brushback chronicles West Michigan's Black baseball history dating back to 1906.

Learn the story of Civil Rights leader Vel Phillips. Discover how Phillips achieved an impressive list of "firsts" as part of her legacy,...

African Americans struggled to receive necessities: equality in education, housing, and job opportunities. We examine those issues and...

This groundbreaking documentary explores segregation from the end of the Civil War to the dawn of the modern Civil Rights movement. It...

Students and teachers from Black schools in Topeka discuss their experiences.

WQED host and Vietnam Veteran Chris Moore returns to Vietnam with close friends and fellow veterans Andrew Boone and LeRoy Perry for the...

WPSU’s original documentary explores the impact of the Vietnam War on Pennsylvanians throughout the past several decades and continuing...

What made Nebraska matter in 1968? Never before had the state received so much attention from presidential candidates. And not since that...

Two construction workers from Tacoma bought some beat up guitars in a pawn-shop, formed a band, and changed the history of rock and roll....

In conjunction with the landmark series The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Public Media Connect – ThinkTV and CET – asked the...

In 1967, Pittsburgh's inner city produced America’s first EMT service. Comprised solely of Black men and women recruited from the city’s...

Anthony Veliz, a fifth-generation Oregonian, shares his family's connection to Colegio César Chávez—the first accredited Chicano college...

An interactive site with a forward mission: where one can play as a character moving to a brand new school, 16 year old Verna Baker, that...

Sixty years ago, a quarter of a million people gathered in our nation's capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. At that...

From heartfelt letters from individual Americans to prestigious awards, Betty's influence on society was recognized in various meaningful...

We highlight Specialist Five James C. McCloughan of West Michigan. Specialist Five McCloughan served as a medic in the Vietnam War,...

Anthony Veliz, a fifth-generation Oregonian, shares his family's connection to Colegio César Chávez—the first accredited Chicano college...