Blogs

Ken Burns Celebrates Personal Historic Landmark

This blog was originally published on Thursday, July 31, 2013. Today, one of our nation’s most respected and influential documentary filmmakers, Ken Burns, celebrates his […]

Happy Fourth of July!

  Today, the Fourth of July, we put on our red, white and blue best in honor of our country’s adoption of the Declaration of […]

Sesame Street Celebrates 44 Years of Success

Forty-four years ago today, Gordon took a girl named Sally on a tour of Sesame Street. Gordon introduced Sally and public television viewers to Sesame […]

StoryCorps Celebrates 10 Years

This week, StoryCorps celebrates 10 years of recording and sharing America’s most moving stories. The premise is simple – two close friends or family members […]

Public Television Stations Share Local March on Washington Stories

This week, our nation honors the 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a key event in the Civil […]

Public Media Honors the March on Washington

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and public media stations nationwide are airing a series of programs and hosting online events and activities to commemorate this watershed event in civil rights history.