The story of events leading up to the Civil War along the border of Kansas and Missouri. In the years leading up to the Civil War, a bloody conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists focused the ...

Here’s a look at the actors who brought The American Revolution to life: Peter Coyote is the narrator. He speaks throughout ...

T he American Revolution on PBS, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, written by Geoffrey C. Ward and ...

I probably wasn't paying attention that day in high-school history class when we covered post-Civil War Reconstruction. I may have been watching a work crew redo the gym roof, or passing stupid notes ...

Over the last two and a half years, a brutal civil war between the Sudan Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands. Over 14 million Sudanese, more than a quarter ...

"The American Revolution," a new docuseries by Ken Burns, details America's journey towards freedom and independence during ...

Ken Burns’ 'The American Revolution' focuses on New Jersey locations that defined the 1776 crisis and the army’s reversal at ...

Ken Burns has produced a documentary about the Revolutionary War that sets a new standard for historical documentaries.

In his latest project, Ken Burns turns his lens to the American Revolution — an event he has called the most significant ...