Stories of the 1950s Through the Vietnam War

    Click on a video title below to explore American history from immediately after World War II through the Vietnam War.

    Blues Legend Bobby Rush, “King of the Chitlin’ Circuit,” Tells His Life Story in Words and Music

    Honoring Our History | President Truman Desegregates the U.S. Military

    Sputnik Launches the Space Race | Time Trip to October 4, 1957

    The Legacy of the Little Rock Nine | Civil Rights Stories

    World Learns There Are Missiles in Cuba | Time Trip to October 22, 1962

    2 Vietnam Veterans Share Their War Experience | Historical War Footage

    A Sister in Selma | Exclusive Interview with Civil Rights Icon Sister Mary Antona Ebo

    The Miranda Decision | How Americans Got the Right to Remain Silent

    Making Civil Rights History | The Supreme Court Decision in Shelley v Kraemer

    Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis | Elizabeth Gorin

    America Enters the Space Race | Launching Project Mercury

    I Was There on the Balcony | The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Soldier Stories | Reflections on Serving in Vietnam

    How the JFK Assassination Altered Life for an American

    A Veteran’s Story: Woman Marine Claire Minie Serves During the Korean War

    How Baby Teeth Helped End Nuclear Testing

    Witnessing History | Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon

    Balancing Motherhood and the Cuban Missile Crisis | Harriet Rimell

    Courage at the Counter | The Woolworth Sit-ins for Civil Rights

    America in the Space Race | Launching Project Gemini

    The War That Changed Me | Veteran Reflects on His Service in Korea

    My Cuban Family and the Cuban Missile Crisis | Mary Hall-Reis

    The Incredible True Story of a Fighter Pilot, a Dictator, and a Daring Flight to Freedom

    What is Discrimination? | True Historical Recounting of Racial Discrimination

    The Day John Glenn Reached the Stars | Time Trip to February 20, 1962

    Remembering 13 Days in October | Ron Jackson

    A Legacy Beyond Laughs | Dick Gregory and the Civil Rights Movement

    My First Person Experience of Segregation

    Time Trip to June 3, 1965 | Ed White’s Historic Spacewalk

    History in the First Person | Service & Sacrifice in the Korean War

    The Nuclear Threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis | Jack Neuman and Bob Wilcox

    Protesting Racism at the Gateway Arch

    From Blueprint to Blastoff | Building Project Mercury

    Duty, Service, and the Cuban Missile Crisis | Dave Miller and Walt Pogulis

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and It’s Ongoing Implications | Perspectives from Scholars and Students

    History in the First Person: Serving in the Korean War

    Cuban Missile Crisis: Tales from the Edge of Nuclear War | History in the First Person