Historian Ira Berlin
Historian Ira Berlin discusses the underground railroad and African Americans in both the North and the South on the eve of the Civil War.
Historian Elizabeth Young
Historian Elizabeth Young discusses women and literature in the period before the Civil War.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Preview
The marriage of Abraham and Mary Lincoln was long and turbulent, and knew many trials, including the loss of two children. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided weaves together the lives of the two Lincolns, drawing us into their long-vanished world.
Alicia Skeeter: James Farmer Quotes
Student Freedom Rider Alicia Skeeter talks with her peers about the words of civil rights leader James Farmer.
Day 10: Charles Reed Jr.
Student Freedom Rider Charles Reed Jr. discusses his thoughts at the end of the ride, including his feelings upon riding into New Orleans and how the ride has changed his life.
War Letters: American Experience - Preview
Based on newly discovered personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War, War Letters brings to life vivid eyewitness accounts of famous battles, intimate declarations of love and longing, poignant letters penned just before the writer was killed, and heartbreaking "Dear John" letters from home.
Reconciliation in Anniston
Student Freedom Rider Erica Shekell's Day 5 video of a reconciliation between Freedom Rider Hank Thomas and the son of a clansmen who was on the scene of the 1961 Anniston firebombing.
Day 10: Jason McGaughey
2011 Student Freedom Rider Jason McGaughey says, "Together we can accomplish great things and tear down the walls of oppression. Together we can do it."
Day 10: Esther Kim
Student Freedom Rider Esther Kim sings and plays "We Shall Overcome" on the ukulele.
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Preview
A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II.
Day 10: Tania Smith
Student Tania Smith interviews Earnest "Rip" Patton about the importance of music to the Freedom Riders.
Day 10: Erica Shekell
Erika Shekell's video captures the final moments of the 2011 Student Freedom Ride upon its arrival in New Orleans.
Day 7: Sarah Cheshire
Student Freedom Rider Sarah Cheshire interviews original riders Jim Zwerg and Joan Mulholland about the importance of music in the movement.
Day 8: Francisco Diaz
2011 student freedom rider Francisco Diaz asks his fellow riders what music inspires them.
Day 7 at the 16th Street Church
A time lapse shot of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where in 1963 a bombing killed four African-American girls. The students attend a concert in the church by the Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir on Day 7 of the 2011 Student Freedom Ride.
Michael Tubbs Speaks at Jim Hill High School
Student freedom rider Michael Tubbs speaks to students at Jim Hill High School on Day 10 of the 2011 Student Freedom Ride.
Day 9: Doaa Dorgham
Doaa Dorgham films her fellow Student Freedom Riders' doing their own "freedom dances."
Day 9: JoyEllen Freeman
Student Freedom Rider JoyEllen Freeman interviews Montgomery, AL native Stephanie Burton.
Day 10: Karl Kumodzi
Karl Kumodzi shows the enthusiastic welcome received by the 2011 Student Freedom Ride in New Orleans on the final day of the ride.
Interview with Linda Edquist
In her work as a conservation specialist at the National Postal Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Linda Edquist has worked to preserve countless letters and other objects in the museum's enormous collection. How can you use some conservation techniques on your letters at home? Watch Linda demonstrate, in 2001 this video interview.
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