American experience

Compares the Native American image of the battle at Little Bighorn with that of the white man, told through journals, oral accounts, and Indian ledger drawings, as well as the archival and feature films.

Covers slave ships and auctions, the "triangle trade," plantation life, insurrections, events leading up to the Civil War and emancipation, reactions toslavery, and profiles of slaves and abolitionists.

Uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican immigrant, who between 1916 and 1921 built the largest black mass movement in world history. It explores Garvey's dramatic successes and failures before his fall into obscurity. Among the film's most powerful sequences are interviews with people who witnessed the Garvey movement first hand more than 80 years ago. These interviews communicate the appeal of Garvey's revolutionary ideas to a generation of African Americans , and reveal how he invested hundreds and thousands of black men and women with a newfound sense of pride.

Explores the life and legend of lawman Wyatt Earp. Examines the aspects of his life that gained him everlasting notoriety, notably his participation in the shootout at the O.K. Corral, and considers his role as both a hero and icon of the American West.

Examines the life and the legend of the infamous outlaw Jesse James. Looks at his formative years in a Southern household dependent on slave labor and as a member of a vicious band of Missouri guerrillas during the Civil War. Describes his life as a violent criminal, as he and his gang moved on to robbing banks, stagecoaches, and railroads in the post-war era. Relates how James was eventually killed when one of his own gang members shot him in the back for the bounty on his head.

Draws on archival materials to chronicle the life and legacy of William Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill.

Explores the life and legend of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Examines the apparent contradictions in the life of the star of the Wild West Show, who lived her entire life east of the Mississippi, opposed women's suffrage, and was a Quaker.

A collection of essays describing religious themes and developments in America's history such as the words of Quaker leader William Penn, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel; and contains profiles of over 150 key figures, maps, graphs, and tables.

A chronological examination of labor in the United States, from 1783 though 2006, that discusses how the work force was affected by slavery, Western expansion, war, the civil rights movement, and other key events in American history; and provides excerpts from speeches, journals, correspondences, and book passages. Includes chronologies; brief biographies; and primary source materials.

Traces the history of the criminal justice system in the United States from the sixteenth century to the early twenty-first; featuring primary sources such as newspaper accounts, eyewitness testimonies, and trial transcripts; and including chronologies, photographs, and discussion on important themes, people, issues, and events.