During a talk in Palm Beach, filmmaker Ken Burns discussed the ideas behind the U.S. Revolutionary War, the subject of his ...

Ramtin talks with filmmaker Ken Burns about the revolution that made the U.S., and the surprising lessons he thinks it holds ...

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus the Oklahoma History Center will host a Jan. 24 screening.

King said his dream was ‘deeply rooted in the American dream’ — a dream ‘that one day this nation will rise up and live out ...

A free outdoor art exhibition, big names in music, documentary television/film and performance art, and more in this week's top arts events.

COMMENTARY President Trump may be following a brazen and brutish version of the Monroe Doctrine on issues like Greenland — ...

This year, Atlanta History Center is celebrating its centennial — and America’s 250th birthday — with an ambitious slate of ...

David McMahon has been making award-winning documentary films for more than a decade. With Ken Burns and Sarah Burns, he wrote, directed and produced The Central Park Five, a two-hour film about the ...

It was 1860 and America was at an inflection point. It wasn't just slavery that was on trial: the Founding Fathers' vision itself was up for grabs. A growing segment of America’s population—mostly in ...

Burns was the first speaker of the year at the Ringling College of Art and Design’s Town Hall speaker series. Director Rob ...

In a 1787 address, founding father Benjamin Rush said, “The American war is over: but this is far from being the case with ...