Department of History

The story of two people who got married, met and then fell in love.

This well-dramatized recreation of the plot by Catholic dissidents to blow up the British Parliament is based on the diaries of those living at the time.

Based on Barbara Tuchman's book, it traces the events leading to World War I.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning best seller by Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel explores the fascinating connections between geography, technology and global human development. Hosted gy the author himself, this extraordinary series spans 13,000 years of struggle and conquest. From the early social and agricultural innovations in "Out of Eden," to the role of weapons and disease in "conquest," to the modern interplay of geography and resources in "Into the Tropics," its a gripping, sometimes controversial detective story revealing how human history may have been shaped b our access to Guns, Germs, and Steel.

Far from the vacationer's world of sand and surf lies the real Jamaica--and it comes alive in this cult favorite about the Reggae music scene in Jamaica which made Jimmy Cliff a star. **This video is missing, October 17, 2006.

Using the shocking racist murder of James Byrd as a starting point, this disturbing program investigates America

Bonded by their oath to the same flag, two Confederate soldiers, "Devil" Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, return home seeking peace after tireless months of battle. Their expectations are quickly shattered when a murder based on misunderstandings and an ilicit love affair triggers warfare between the former comrades and other clans. This historic feud teeters on the brink of an all-out civil war as friends and neighbors join opposing sides in a rivalry that would ultimately shape American history.