Route 66: 101—The Highway Becomes a Legend

Battling illness, dirt roads and a blinding sandstorm, Andy Payne pushes deeper into the Bunion Derby, while promoter C.C. Pyle’s schemes threaten to derail the race entirely.

In 1928, an unknown Cherokee farm boy joins a brutal cross-country footrace designed to promote Route 66, risking his life for a prize that could save his family’s land.

The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial was one of the most important legal battles of its time. Two of the greatest speakers of the era, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, faced off in a debate encompassing science, religion, and Constitutional rights.

Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this residential neighborhood known as Greenwood provided an opportunity for Blacks to accumulate wealth and make advancements during a time of racial terror, in this History special, "Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre."