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 ...

The American Revolution, the new six-part documentary from filmmaker Ken Burns, is set to premiere on Sunday, November 16 and air for six consecutive nights through Friday, November 21 on PBS. You can ...

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

The introductory narrative of "The American Revolution" takes up a style Burns established at the outset of "The Civil War." ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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