October 17, 2000 • 55m
A dramatic two-part profile of the Rockefellers, a family whose name is synonymous with wealth, begins. Part 1 traces how John D. ...Read more
October 24, 2000 • 55m
The conclusion of a profile of the Rockefellers explores how John D. Jr. accomplished "the seemingly impossible task of redeeming ...Read more
October 30, 2000 • 55m
Charting the life on the Mississippi of James B. Eads (1820-1887), "one of the greatest engineering geniuses of all time," says na...Read more
November 13, 2000 • 55m
Vietnam POWs recall their ordeals -- at times with great poignancy -- in a first-person history that supplements the comments with...Read more
February 5, 2001 • 55m
Recalling the stainless steel trains that crisscrossed the country in high style (and at speeds of greater than 100 mph) during th...Read more
February 12, 2001 • 55m
Recalling racial-pride advocate Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), whose grand (some said grandiose) vision included an Africa run by Afri...Read more
February 19, 2001 • 55m
Part 1 and 2 of a six-part chronicle of the Abraham Lincoln-Mary Todd relationship begins with their childhoods and courtship. He,...Read more
February 20, 2001 • 55m
When the Lincolns arrive in Washington, D.C., in 1861, the president-elect is deemed untested and is mistrusted; Mary, meanwhile, ...Read more
February 21, 2001 • 55m
The third part recalls 1863, when opposition to the Civil War spread among Northerners: some see the high level of casualties as u...Read more
April 2, 2001 • 55m
Following the 17-year struggle to free nine blacks falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. The struggle, whi...Read more
April 16, 2001 • 55m
Recalling the tidal wave of racial conflict that followed in the wake of the surging Mississippi as it inundated the delta town of...Read more
April 23, 2001 • 55m
A profile of quintessentially American composer Stephen Foster features interviews with historian Fath Ruffins, biographer Ken Eme...Read more
February 21, 2001 • 55m
Tormented by her grief and losing grip on sanity, Mary Lincoln turns to spiritualists for comfort. Though bowed down with sorrow, ...Read more
February 23, 2001 • 55m
As 1863 begins, Northerners resent fighting to free black slaves; others are furious with Abraham Lincoln for the devastating Unio...Read more
February 24, 2001 • 55m
Following the Union victory at Gettysburg, and the surrender at Appomattox, the president tells Mary Lincoln they can find some ha...Read more