The Great Mississippi Flood | Dirty Water | 2
Early in the morning on April 22nd, 1927, flood waters from a break in the Mound Landing levee entered the town of Greenville, Mississippi. Within hours, the town was submerged in 10 feet of water. Th...
18 Touko 202239min
The Great Mississippi Flood | When the Levee Breaks | 1
In the winter and spring of 1927, record-setting rain fell across the central United States. The Mississippi River swelled to capacity, and by April, the water breached major levees. It was the start ...
11 Touko 202239min
Lewis and Clark | The Journey and the Journals | 4
The Lewis and Clark expedition changed the course of American history. But after its bold, charismatic leader, Meriwether Lewis, ended his life in an apparent suicide, the expedition was largely forgo...
4 Touko 202237min
Lewis and Clark | The Long Way Home | 3
After 18 months and over two thousand miles, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery had reached the Pacific Ocean. Now, they would have to find their way back. And in a last-ditch bid for glory, they wo...
27 Huhti 202237min
Lewis and Clark | Across the Rockies | 2
In the spring of 1805, Lewis and Clark resumed their journey up the Missouri River in search of the Pacific. But to reach the ocean, they would have to cross the towering Rocky Mountains. It was a for...
20 Huhti 202237min
Lewis and Clark | Into the Wild | 1
In 1803, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a westward journey that would transform America. Their mission was to head up the Missouri River and find a route through the uncharted west ...
13 Huhti 202239min
The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Portrait of a Struggle | 6
For Alice Paul and other leading white suffragists, image was important. They published their own newspapers and staged dramatic public protests to gain press attention and shape public opinion. But a...
6 Huhti 202237min
The Fight for Women's Suffrage | The 19th Amendment | 5
As America entered World War I, the suffrage movement split into a two-pronged attack. Alice Paul and her National Woman’s Party took their protests to the White House gates. Meanwhile, Carrie Chapman...
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