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Timeline of a Nation
Public Media 250
1700s—The Revolutionary Era
Inventing America: Liberty For All
Inventing America brings our Founding Fathers back to life in a TV talk show before a live audience. In Episode 3, Liberty for All ,...
Inventing America: Making a Government
Inventing America: Making a Government brings our Founding Fathers back to life in a TV talk show filmed before a live audience. Episode...
Inventing America: Making A Nation
Inventing America: Making a Nation brings our Founding Fathers back to life in a TV talk show filmed before a live audience. Episode 1...
Surviving New England's Great Dying
It’s been more than 400 years since the first Thanksgiving. And there is a lot we are learning about that time. Just prior to the...
1800s—Expansion, Division & Reconstruction
Mt. Washington Auto Road to the Sky
Determined dreamers built a road through the clouds, clear to the summit of the tallest peak in the Northeast. Experience the year-round adventures of the "Rockpile".
The State of Equality
On December 10th, 1869 the territory of Wyoming ratified into law the right for women to vote. Stories abound across the state regarding...
The Legacy of Black Horsemen
Explore the stories and contributions of Black jockeys, trainers, owners, grooms, and exercise riders in the 1800s who persevered through...
The Price of Silence: The Forgotten Story of New Jersey's Enslaved People
New Jersey, the Garden State, is known for its produce, but not for the enslaved people who tilled the soil. In this two-part...
Early 1900s—Progress & Protest
The Price of Silence: The Forgotten Story of New Jersey's Enslaved People
New Jersey, the Garden State, is known for its produce, but not for the enslaved people who tilled the soil. In this two-part...
By Parties Unknown
By Parties Unknown explores the story of the violent lynching of four Black men in Russellville, Kentucky in 1908 after they were singled...
Prohibition in Wyoming
Wyoming, the last state in the Rocky Mountains to adopt Prohibition, struggled to stop the sale of illegal liquor. It created a new...
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Emerging from her husband’s shadow after his sudden death in 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross left her mark as a tireless and innovative...
1930s-1940s—Crisis, War & Resilience
Barry Farm: Community, Land and Justice in Washington, D.C.
Barry Farm shares a journey for community, land, and justice in the nation’s capital. It is a story of the Barry Farm neighborhood, but...
Snapshots of Confinement
During World War II, the U.S. government initially imposed policies that limited the use of cameras by Japanese Americans in the...
80 Years Later
80 Years Later is a documentary that engages with the racial inheritance of Japanese American family incarceration during World War II...
Storm of the Century - Blizzard of '49
This program tells the story of the worst series of storms in Wyoming's history. But for all the tragedy and loss, suffering and death,...
1950s-1970s—Civil Rights & Social Change
Leveling Lincoln
This Daytime Emmy Award winning documentary tells the story of the children who lived the history behind the landmark desegregation case...
A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps
A Towering Task tells the story of the Peace Corps, a unique U.S. government agency born out of the Cold War and the heady days of the...
Agnes 50: Life After the Flood
On Friday, June 23, 1972, Pennsylvania suffered the wrath of Hurricane Agnes, which at the time was the costliest hurricane to hit the...
1980s-1990s—Culture, Technology & Power
UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos
Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLLU) was founded in 1981, only a dozen years after the Stonewall rebellion and only a couple of years...
Struggle and Success – Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ Communities
Explore the historical and ongoing struggle for equality and dignity in Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ communities through regional perspectives and...
The St. Louis Teacher Who Founded LGBTQ+ History Month | Living St. Louis
In 1994, Mehlville High School history teacher Rodney Wilson set out to start xt, which has now been adapted in countries around the world.
A Street of Dreams
From 1994. Throughout its history, Omaha's near north side has been the neighborhood that succeeding generations of immigrants have moved...
2000s to Today—A Nation in Reflection
Return of the Trumpeters
The majestic trumpeter swan, North America’s largest waterfowl, was once hunted to the brink of extinction. Thanks to the remarkable...
This American Land
Reporting from the front lines, This American Land brings you compelling stories on critical issues impacting America's natural...
The Humble Oyster
The Humble Oyster examines the fragility of Northwest Florida’s threatened coastal ecology and efforts to bring back the health of local...
The Price of Silence: The Forgotten Story of New Jersey's Enslaved People
New Jersey, the Garden State, is known for its produce, but not for the enslaved people who tilled the soil. In this two-part...
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