Bleeding Kansas | The Raid on Harpers Ferry | 3
In December 1858, John Brown was back in Kansas and Missouri, making headlines for dramatic and deadly raids on plantations. He and his followers freed 11 enslaved men and women and led them on an 1,1...
28 Apr 202136min
Bleeding Kansas | The Pottawatomie Massacre | 2
On the night of May 24th, 1856, radical abolitionist John Brown and seven of his followers crept along the banks of Kansas’s Pottawatomie Creek and stormed a proslavery settlement. They dragged five m...
21 Apr 202139min
Bleeding Kansas | John Brown's Crusade | 1
In the 1850s, the United States was lurching toward a crisis over slavery -- and abolitionist John Brown stepped into the fray. Brown believed it was his God-given destiny to destroy slavery. His crus...
14 Apr 202140min
America's Monuments | The Trouble With Confederate Statues | 7
In recent years, there’s been a movement to remove statues of Confederate leaders and other monuments that some see as celebrations of America’s racist history. But does taking down these statues help...
7 Apr 202138min
America's Monuments | 58,000 Names | 6
The Vietnam War was one of the most divisive conflicts in American history. Over 58,000 Americans died in the fighting; many more returned home with wounds both visible and hidden. When veterans lobbi...
31 Mar 202137min
America's Monuments | The Mansion of the King | 5
Few historic residences are more synonymous with their owners than Graceland. Purchased by Elvis Presley in 1957, the stately Memphis mansion was the heart of his private world and his most prized pos...
24 Mar 202140min
America's Monuments | The Longest Bridge | 4
In the early 1920s, San Francisco was a picturesque city on a narrow, isolated peninsula. Known for its scenic, natural beauty, it had the potential to become one of America’s leading metropolises. Bu...
17 Mar 202136min
America's Monuments | Four Faces | 3
In 1927, workers began blasting granite rock off a towering cliff in South Dakota’s Black Hills. It was the start of an arduous 14-year struggle to carve the portraits of four American presidents into...
10 Mar 202140min
