An African American composer and pianist known as one of the greatest musicians of the 19th century, Thomas Wiggins (1849-1908) was blind from birth and likely autistic. Although born into slavery, ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

EXCLUSIVE: A duly elected city government in North Carolina, made up of Black and white officials. An armed white mob stages a violent coup, killing dozens – perhaps even hundreds of people in the ...

This classic music doc follows Bob Dylan’s famous 1965 tour of England, which marked an important change in the music world, Dylan’s career, and music history. This film was directed by D.A.

Ken Burns has once again produced a definitive documentary on an important moment in United States history with his latest (very) long-form docuseries. The six-part The American Revolution hit the ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent. Critic’s Notebook In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the ...

In the 1970s, I launched a campaign to end LGBTQ invisibility on television. Years later, that mission to show the public who we were expanded to another arena we’d long been written out of: American ...

You don’t have to be a professional historian to realize this documentary's title refers to the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, i.e., the one that abolished slavery. However, Ava DuVernay ...

The animation history documentary Cartooning America has won the sixth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. The director Asaf Galay will receive a $200,000 cash prize. Since ...

November has begun. Besides the chillier weather, preparation for the holidays, football season, and searching for the perfect Thanksgiving turkey (or Tofurky), it’s also Native American Heritage ...