Join GPB's Virginia Prescott for a live discussion with author and professor, Claudio Saunt, as he talks about his new book Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory.
Discover the life and career of Raul Julia, the charismatic, award-winning actor and humanitarian known for versatile roles on stage and screen, from Shakespearean plays to “The Addams Family.” A co-presentation of VOCES and American Masters.
Learn about diverse and little-known American heroines from the early years of feminism, and the women who now follow in their footsteps, in honor of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and Women’s Equality Day.
RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WARexplores the United States’ emergence from the Civil War and slavery, and the era’s thwarted vision for an interracial democracy that haunts the country more than 150 years later.
Using stories submitted through PBS AMERICAN PORTRAIT, Family of Us: An American Portrait Story paints a picture of families in America today and the way family defines us.
RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WARexplores the United States’ emergence from the Civil War and slavery, and the era’s thwarted vision for an interracial democracy that haunts the country more than 150 years later.
Join GPB’s Virginia Prescott for a live conversation with author Mab Segrest. The two will discuss Segrest’s new book, Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum.
I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book that James Baldwin never finished and is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
Join GPB’s Virginia Prescott for a live discussion with author Grace Elizabeth Hale, Commonwealth Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Virginia. The two will be discussing Hale’s latest book, Cool Town: How Athens GA Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture.