July 1, 2014 • 22m
Scientist Percy Julian overcomes racial barriers, Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her bus seat months before Rosa Parks's famo...Read more
July 8, 2014 • 22m
The U.S. reluctantly accepts the Statue of Liberty, Sybil Ludington goes on an epic ride to warn of a British attack, and journali...Read more
July 15, 2014 • 22m
Alan Freed becomes one of the first radio DJs to broadcast rock 'n' roll, Kris Kristofferson gets his big break with some help fro...Read more
July 22, 2014 • 22m
Abraham Lincoln tries to avoid assassination on the way to his inauguration, Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner," ...Read more
July 29, 2014 • 22m
Charles Sumner gets caned on the Senate floor, Judge J. Waties Waring helps to end segregation, and a slave named Robert Smalls co...Read more
August 5, 2014 • 22m
Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" angers publisher William Randolph Hearst; animator Ub Iwerks helps Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse; N...Read more
August 12, 2014 • 22m
Episode 7 of Season 2 premiered on August 12, 2014
August 19, 2014 • 22m
Baron von Steuben whips Washington's army into shape, longtime friends John Adams and Thomas Jefferson break ties, and Benedict Ar...Read more
August 26, 2014 • 22m
Jim Thorpe dominates the 1912 Olympics, Babe Didrikson founds the LPGA, and Jim Abbott becomes a great pitcher despite being born with one hand.
September 2, 2014 • 22m
Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madiso...Read more