Tom Hanks and Ken Burns launched a bold PBS series that challenges attempts to hide parts of America’s past. The series, ...

New Tom Hanks documentary challenges Trump’s version of history - Tom Hanks voices several historical characters in the Ken ...

The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

A new documentary called “Opportunity, Access and Uplift: The Evolving Legacy of HBCUs” profiles five students exploring common misconceptions and the current state of these institutions. Chicago ...

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 ...

With years of research on black education in her arsenal, Prof. Margaret Washington, history, helped bring the PBS documentary 'Tell Them We Are Rising': The Story of Black Colleges and Universities ...

"Free for All: The Public Library," a new documentary airing on PBS' "Independent Lens" April 29, charts the path of the American public library movement, from Ben Franklin and the Carnegie free ...

Fifty years ago, I heard the future in a disco. It wasn't a psychic experience; it was the mixing of African-American, Latinx and LGBT communities that changed what the world was listening to forever.

The nominations for the public television station include several for the local “Postcards” and “Prairie Sportsman” programs.