EXCLUSIVE: The idea of taking a photograph anywhere, anytime and see the image immediately has become entirely routine. But in the 1940s, the concept was revolutionary. Long before smart phones made ...

The opening images of the forthcoming AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentary Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act aptly set the stage: a grainy shot of the Capitol building’s dome against ...

CHICAGO — From ramps to closed captioning, the Americans with Disabilities Act changed the landscape of daily life, but behind those changes is a powerful story of activism and perseverance. The new ...

A documentary on former NAACP leader Walter White and a discussion about the NAACP’s legacy. This week on American Black Journal: Preview the American Experience documentary titled "Forgotten Hero: ...

Henry Kissinger shows papers to aide Winston Lord aboard Air Force One in 1972. National Archives and Records Administration. For a generation of young diplomats, strategists, and scholars, working ...

The documentary series “American Experience” begins an abbreviated schedule this week. A victim of the federal funding take-back, it has suspended production and laid off its staff. By Mike Hale The ...

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 examines how a white mob overthrew the democratically elected interracial government of a North Carolina town. Credit: Courtesy Image / American Experience Just in time ...

I probably wasn't paying attention that day in high-school history class when we covered post-Civil War Reconstruction. I may have been watching a work crew redo the gym roof, or passing stupid notes ...