political and social views

Presents a history of Abraham Lincoln, the genesis of the United States Republican Party, the debate on slavery, and the Civil War in the early to middle nineteenth century.

Chronicles Henry Ford's attempts to create an American settlement in the Brazilian Amazon in the late 1920s, discussing the purpose of Ford's settlement, its impact on the region's ecosystem, his efforts to apply a system of regimented mass production to the area, and other related topics.

In April 1963, a 34-year-old minister wrote a letter from behind bars in the Birmingham jail to his fellow clergymen. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," argued Dr. Martin Luther King. This video traces King's efforts to recast himself by embracing causes beyond the civil rights movement, by becoming a champion of the poor and an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam.

Shines a searing spotlight on public figures from President George W. Bush and Senator Hilary Clinton to the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

A collection of more than 170 letters, speeches, pamphlets, essays, reports, and memoranda written by Alexander Hamilton between 1769 and 1804.

Bill O'Reilly shares passages from his previous books and discusses how his opinions and ideas have been proven right or wrong.

Chronicles the life of Robert E. Lee, providing information on both his personal and public life.