Watch the Stories That Built America Documentaries

The Unsung African American Scientists of the Manhattan Project

How Bank Failures Contributed to the Great Depression

The Chinese-Born Engineer Who Helped Launch US Commercial Aviation

One of the Earliest US Car Companies Was Founded by a Formerly Enslaved Man

How America's Aviation Industry Got Its Start Transporting Mail

How Detroit Factories Retooled During WWII to Defeat Hitler

How Economic Turmoil After WWI Led to the Great Depression

What Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

Did New Deal Programs Help End the Great Depression?

How Photography Defined the Great Depression

These World War II Propaganda Posters Rallied the Home Front

Life for the Average Family During the Great Depression

‘Black Rosies’: The Forgotten African American Heroines of the WWII Homefront

6 People Who Made Big Money During the Great Depression

Car History Timeline: From 3-Wheeled Buggies to Self-Driving Vehicles