Video: Topics: History: Modern
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The Open Mind | Our Crossover Culture: From Where to Where? | PBS
Full Program: Peter Gelb talks about the artistic challenges before him at the opera. 28:31
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American Experience | Vets Remember: Bob Conroy | PBS
Bob Conroy describes his experience of the battle in two clips. 03:42
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American Experience | Building the Alaska Highway Promo | PBS (#1704)
In May of 1942, thousands of American soldiers began the building of the Alaska Highway. 00:31
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American Experience | Vets Remember: H.W.O. Kinnard | PBS
H.W.O. Kinnard remembers General McAuliffe's reaction to the German surrender ultimatum. 02:13
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American Experience | Vets Remember: Ed Stewart | PBS
Ed Stewart, Sergeant in the 84th Infantry, describes the sound of artillery fire. 01:07
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on Jim Crow Laws | PBS (#2311)
Bernard Lafayette speaks about traveling in the South. 01:14
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on His Freedom Ride | PBS (#2311)
Bernard Lafayette speaks about traveling from Montgomery, Alabama into Mississippi. 02:11
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on Victory for Nonviolence | PBS (#2311)
Bernard Lafayette speaks about nonviolence as a response. 01:12
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on The Spirit of The Times | PBS (#2311)
Bernard Lafayette speaks about acting from his conscience and training in Nashville. 03:02
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on the Nashville Student Movement | PBS (#2311)
Bernard Lafayette speaks about three groups from the Nashville Student Movement. 02:07
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: John Seigenthaler on Democracy in Action | PBS (#2311)
John Seigenthaler speaks about Martin Luther King liberating black and white Americans. 01:31
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Jim Lawson on Why a Victory for Nonviolence | PBS (#2311)
Jim Lawson speaks about why he chose nonviolence intervention. 00:57
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Jim Lawson on the Victory For Nonviolence | PBS (#2311)
Jim Lawson speaks about nonviolence training in Washington, DC and Nashville, TN. 01:16
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Jim Lawson on The Cold War | PBS (#2311)
Jim Lawson speaks about JFK and the Cold War as a critical issue facing the U.S. 01:47
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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Rev. C.T. Vivian on the Solid South | PBS (#2311)
Reverend C.T. Vivian speaks about the Kennedys' response to the Freedom Riders. 01:00
















