This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...

In 1861, the Civil War was a conflict that threatened to permanently divide the United States. Without President Abraham Lincoln's leadership, courage and determination to maintain the Union, our country may have ceased to exist. From...

Has racist thinking discouraged us from looking at how sophisticated West African empires were before the Europeans arrived? How did trade mesh with a rise in inequality between Africa and the Europeans? West Africa Before the Europeans,...

Franklin Pierce only served one term, but the borders of America changed a fair amount during his time in office. Let's see what events led to these changes and what happened to Pierce!

American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video focusses on documents...

The Presidency of the United States is the most powerful position in the nation, and is often referred to as the “leader of the free world”. Their power is only equaled by the massive responsibility they hold. They are not always...

Here is why Kansans and Missourians have a long history of hating each other.

A summary of the most consequential Presidential Election in US History, the election of Abraham Lincoln.

Which economy was best for the country's future? The industrial economy of the North? Or the plantation system of the South? The stage was set for a financial fracas that would lead to the deadliest war in US history.

No two Americans had the same experience of the Civil War – and everyone remembers it differently. Through the stories they told – and the artifacts that survived – various narratives emerged!

Reconstruction was one of the most tumultuous periods in US history. After four years of Civil War, not everyone agreed on the best way forward. The result was 12 years of violence and political strife.

She’s known as a savior of the enslaved – but few know that during the American Civil War, Harriet Tubman was an exceptionally capable Union Army spy.

Kara Walker's fountain addresses public monuments and the stories they tell us about history.

What is public art? Who funds it, owns it, and shapes it? Who does it serve? And why is it important? We try to answer some of these questions by looking at an example of public art that never came to be - Fred Wilson’s E Pluribus Unum.

This KS3 black history lesson starter video looks at the first black people to arrive in Britain, as early as the 16th century, and the role they played in British society. Historian Tony Warner shows how you can discover where to find...

Learn about the largest slave revolt in US History.

How did life change for enslaved people as the American Civil War raged around them?

Learn all about Harriet Tubman's early life, social impact, role in the Underground Railroad, later life and lasting, national legacy. Her noteworthy quotes are recounted by "Harriet" herself. Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting...

The landscape paintings of the early 19th century weren't just about Democracy, they're also a commentary on the role of technology in human affairs. But does it lead to an extinction event, or global empathy?

The 18th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4th, 1856. Franklin Pierce had a rough going over the previous four years, and now struggled to get his own party's renomination. At the Democratic Party's...

National Expansion (1832-1848) American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In...

A video lecture summarizing the 1848 Presidential Election between Zachary Taylor, Lewis Class and Martin Van Buren.

It was published nine years before a shot was fired. And was written by a woman. How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin fan the flames of the American Civil War?

Today is Juneteenth, the annual celebration of the date when slaves were first freed in Texas and a symbolic moment in the anti-slavery movement. In this video we explain the celebration and why Biden made it a new federal holiday.