RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WARexplores the United States’ emergence from the Civil War and slavery, and the era’s thwarted vision for an interracial democracy that haunts the country more than 150 years later.
Join GPB’s Virginia Prescott for a live conversation with author Mab Segrest. The two will discuss Segrest’s new book, Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum.
I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book that James Baldwin never finished and is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
Join GPB’s Virginia Prescott for a live discussion with author Grace Elizabeth Hale, Commonwealth Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Virginia. The two will be discussing Hale’s latest book, Cool Town: How Athens GA Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture.
Join GPB’s Virginia Prescott for a live discussion with former US poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey about her latest work, Memorial Drive.
The Ruff Ruffman Show: According to Ruff, building an obstacle course is a great way to entertain a hamster. However, remembering how he’d trained for a dogcathalon, Ruff admits he could never figure out how to build the sky-bridge without it collapsing. Can the kids come up with an improved design to stabilize the bridge and cheer up their hamster?
Hero Elementary! On a warm day, the team takes a field trip to the lake. But, when a fellow super student accidentally freezes the entire lake, it's up to Sparks' Crew to find a way to restore the lake to its original, liquid state.