History

Hearing America: A Century of Music on the Radio
Ray Suarez hosts APM Reports documentary: “Hearing America: A Century of Music on the Radio.”
Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Correcting America's Historical Memory'
Pulitzer Prize-winning historians David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed spoke in a 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival session titled, "Correcting America's Historical Memory."
V-E Day: Europe celebrates a subdued 75th anniversary during COVID-19 pandemic
"Today, 75 years later, we are forced to commemorate alone, but we are not alone!" Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says, celebrating international unity in the post-war era.
The First Family of Radio: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts
This APM Reports documentary, "The First Family of Radio: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts," features rarely heard archival audio and explores how the Roosevelts revolutionized political communication in America.
Humankind documentary: 'Ida B. Wells' Battle to Uncover the Truth'
A documentary from the Humankind series: “Ida B. Wells’ Battle to Uncover the Truth.”
Voices of Vietnam documentary: A Lost Homeland
A documentary about the Vietnamese refugees who fled their country after the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
Portraits of Valor: Warren High, 99, Army
High was glad to be serving his country overseas and thought it was the right thing to be doing with his life, but wanted more out of his service. “I was frustrated sometimes because I didn’t feel like I was doing something worthwhile,” he said.