In 1918 and early 1919, with giddy thoughts of reforming society, voters in 36 states overwhelmingly approved the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, banning the sale and manufacture of intoxicating ...

Ken Burns talks too fast. Must be because he's learned so much about his latest exploration of history that he wants to make sure you hear enough to get as excited about it as he is. Last week, Burns ...

Ken Burns was in his studio working on the final edits of a forthcoming documentary film series on the American Revolution when he learned UNC-Chapel Hill historian William E. Leuchtenburg had died at ...

Dennis White has been making up tunes ever since he learned to play the piano at 5 years old, sharing a bench with his mother. He would play many more instruments as he got older, and for many years ...

When it comes to filmmaking, Ken Burns is one of the greatest of all time. He is an artist who has dedicated much of his life to telling the story of America in epic documentaries, spanning from 10 to ...