Escalation of the Vietnam War by LBJ

American Experience: This video chronicles the deliberations that led President Lyndon Johnson to escalate U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

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Vietnam Veteran Memorial

In this Building Block video, the camera tilts down to show a black granite panel engraved with the names of fallen soldiers.

Facing It, by Yusef Komunyakaa

See the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial wall in Washington D.C. through the eyes of war veteran and contemporary poet Yusef Komunyakaa. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Komunyakaa reads his poem "Facing It."

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LBJ and the Great Society

American Experience: This video describes the social welfare legislation known as the "Great Society" undertaken by President Lyndon Johnson and examines how increasing involvement in Vietnam affected its implementation.

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Maya Lin

This video segment from New York Voices features Chinese American architect Maya Lin.

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Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 2

This audio excerpt from Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech outlines a nine-year plan to end poverty in America.

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Washington Booker, III

In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Washington Booker recalls being arrested and jailed for participating in the Children's Crusade of 1963.

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Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 1

This audio excerpt captures the beginning of Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech, describing the social and economic impact of racism over time.

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The Civil Rights Movement in America, 1945-1975

This interactive timeline provides a chronological and geographic view of the events of the Civil Rights era and its aftermath.

Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)

In this transcript of an interview recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Stokely Carmichael describes SNCC organizing campaigns and his views on "Black Power."

The Beginning of the Cold War

American Experience: This Cold War video examines the steps that Harry Truman took to provide American support for governments threatened by the spread of Communism, a policy that came to be known as the Truman Doctrine.

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Decision in the Streets

This video segment, adapted from Decision in the Streets by civil rights filmmaker Harvey Richards, portrays the interracial protests that took place in San Francisco in 1963-64.

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Somali Muslims in Maine

In this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, view the reactions of citizens from Lewiston, Maine as Somali immigrants settle in their community.

Is To Kill A Mockingbird Still Relevant Today?

This video from American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo provides a historical context for students reading the novel To Kill a Mockingbird and offers evidence as to why the story is still relevant today.

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Reaction to the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968

In this April 1968 archival news footage from the Boston Public Library, citizens at a public rally in Boston, Massachusetts, respond to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Sequencing Race Begins

This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" looks at one of the key players in the race to decode the human genome.

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Looking for Lincoln During the Civil War

This lesson explores the unique challenges Lincoln faced during the five years of bloody civil war which made him America’s ultimate but most controversial wartime leader.

A Cold Reception: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in the United States

In this lesson, students explore the hostile reception immigrants have often received from anti-immigrant “nativists” in an America not always eager to accept them and the change they represent.

They're Coming to America: Immigrants Past and Present

In this lesson, students will explore the history of America, a nation of immigrants.

Faith in Change: John Lewis

This lesson uses video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots to explore the American civil rights movement of the 1960s through the personal experience of one of its most prominent leaders—Congressman John Lewis.