Ken Burn's 'American Revolution' features Oklahoma native's paintings

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus the Oklahoma History Center will ...
PBS

The American Revolution: An Inside Look

Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Through ...

Meet the less-known revolutionaries recognized in SC’s 2026 African American History Calendar

The 2026 SC African American History Calendar recognizes Black South Carolinians who helped American win its independence in ...
Houston Public Media

Fort Bend looks to highlight African American history with new monument, Black cowboy museum

The county recently unveiled a new monument in Kendleton, with plans to develop further educational spaces and memorials down ...
Boise State Public Radio

Visiting the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

Here & Now ’s Celeste Headlee talks with Drew Costley, assistant managing editor for Verite News about a recent, deeply ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, who witnessed more than a century of Black American history, dies at 111

Edith Renfrow Smith grew up in the 1910s hearing her grandparents’ stories of surviving slavery, including a grandfather who ...
TheWrap

PBS Extends Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ Free Streaming Window Through New Year’s Eve

PBS has extended Ken Burns’ free streaming window for his history docuseries “The American Revolution,” following its ratings success. The 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein ...
PBS

The Real People Who Fought the American Revolution

Washington uses bonuses and drafts to encourage Americans to join the Continental Army. By early 1777, many soldiers were returning home, and Washington needed to enlist new men. The Continental Army ...
Ars Technica

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum. The request came from the Center for ...
The New York Times

Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely. By Benjamin Mullin Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with ...
The Atlantic

The Longest Suicide Note in American History

Last year, a team of American diplomats from the State Department’s Global Engagement Center traveled to two dozen countries and signed a series of memoranda. Along with their counterparts in places ...
American Songwriter

Remember When David Bowie and Bing Crosby Came Together to Celebrate the Holiday Spirit?

Among the lengthy list of odd and eccentric musical duets of the last 150 years, the Christmas collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby in 1977 is certainly one of the most festively strange.