This site provides a comprehensive overview of the conflict between Serbia and Croatia. PBS correspondent Elizabeth Gettelman examines Croatia's point of view in her article "Croatia: No One is Innocent" while correspondent Molly Blank...

The companion website to the PBS documentary about Ralph Bunche, the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Includes an interactive timeline of his life, in-depth analyses of his life and work at key stages of his career, a...

A June 2007 examination of current conditions in Liberia. Provides a look at Charles Taylor's war crimes trial, peace keeping efforts, a brief profile of Liberia's president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a timeline and access to an archive of...

Short but informative biography of jazz musician James Reese Europe (1881-1919) from Ken Burns' PBS documentary, Jazz.

Transcript of complete interview with H. Norman Schwarzkopf from the PBs show "Frontline".

Read background about the Weathermen, a radical group in the 1960s which protested the Vietnam War and racism with often violent acts. This introduction is to a video shown on PBS in 2003. Find interviews with members of the Weather...

A look at the Hidatsa Indians at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Find out about their villages, trade, warfare, and interaction with the Corps of Discovery. From PBS.

The third lesson deals with the emergence of gospel as a form of popular music among a general public. Gospel is a musical genre with roots in the African American church, particularly in the South. Between the 1940s and the 1960s,...

Tells the story of a young, brilliant, Russian immigrant who taunted mainstream America with her outspoken attacks on government, big business, and war.

A fascinating firsthand account from the perspective of a carpetbagger and Civil War veteran. This veteran describes the roles he played in the Reconstruction process, his efforts to fit into Southern society, and Southern attitudes...

Special report written in 1933 by the U.S. Ambassador to Japan to the Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, describing the increase in Japanese military power and expansion into Asia. The last paragraph is chilling, considering the oncoming...

Describes free African Americans who fought in the American Revolution. Also find related text: "Colin Powell on blacks fighting during the Revolutionary War," and a Teacher's Guide.

One-page profile of influential innovator, Samuel Colt, whose vision and ideas created the revolving pistol that was later used in the Mexican American War and the Texas Revolution.

Portrait of : Irving Kristol, Irving Howe, Daniel Bell, and Nathan Glazerwho carried on a lifelong radical political argument as post-war critics of American life. Each rose politically in his time.

This brilliant engineer advanced both AM and FM radio, turning them into viable broadcast technologies, and innovated military radio uses in two World Wars.

South Sudan became the world's newest country on July 9, 2011. However, even though the Republic proudly waves its new flag and sings its new national anthem, will it be able to hold itself together in the midst of war and turmoil? Read...

During and after large disasters such as devastating hurricanes, floods, oil spills that have changed lives, fires, war and other natural and man-made disasters, how does a person cope? How do people deal with severe loss? How do they...

Here is an inspiring story about two tennis players who have transcended the boundaries of hate and war. Read about Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and their efforts to bring India and Pakistan together in spite of political and...

Lots of information put together to accompany a film of the same name. Learn about the last twenty five years in Vietnam from the perspective of seven people whose lives epitomize the ongoing struggle of those whose lives were affected...

A brief article on the accomplishments of Man o' War as the 1920 Horse of the Year.

Read all four sections of this interview with historian Norman Stone to gain a better understanding of Russia's economic, political and social positions at the beginning of World War I.

This lesson is designed for students in grades 8 to 12. It examines the use of children in combat and its implications.

Provides a 1996 news article about the allowed use of DNA by various courts. Good legal background, but light on the science of DNA.

Learn about viruses through short animations, informational text, and interactive questions in this virtual lab.