A Precarious Experiment: Challenges Facing the Young Nation
The United States faces a number of daunting issues in the years immediately following the war. The British do not evacuate the forts in the northwest territory or provide compensation for slaves as they had agreed. In 1..
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A Small Act [Extended Version]
When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She certainly never expected to hear from him, but years later, she does. Now a Harvard graduate and a Human Rights Lawyer for the Unite..
A System with No Solution and a System with Infinite Solutions
Presented is a system of equations to which there is no solution the lines are parallel and a system of equations to which the solution is coincident lines the two equations share the same, infinite number of solutions.
A Young Nation Moves Forward
Historian and author Bernard Bailyn talks about some of the key challenges the young United States faced in its early years. Among the most pressing was growing the economy to keep pace with the rapidly expanding populat..
A domestic violence survivor panel
Two women share their past personal experiences with domestic violence and discuss how they overcame it.
A history of American Indian achievement: American Indian renaissance
This eighth and final program covers the years 1969-2007. With their survival assured, American Indians finally had the opportunity to fully express their creativity. This program presents extraordinary men and women and..
A history of American Indian achievement: American Indians populate the North American continent
This first program covers the years 12,000 B.C. - 2000 B.C. During the first ten thousand years of occupying North America, American Indians were the most accomplished Stone Age hunters, worked metal into tools and weapo..
A history of American Indian achievement: Plains Indians war
This is the sixth program in the series. From 1853 to 1890, the Plains Indians horse culture engaged the United States military in its longest conflict. This original, eight-part series of half-hour shows documents the h..
A history of American Indian achievement: resistance and acceptance
This fourth program covers the years 1675-1805. In this program are the heroic stories of Indian tribes who attempted to protect their lands from European invasion ... And stories of how other American Indians found ways..
A history of American Indian achievement: the emergence of the American Indian hero
This seventh program covers the years 1883-1942. The first half of the 20th-century was the worst of times for American Indians. They were a vanishing race. Then something remarkable happened: four American Indian women ..