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American Masters, committed to producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history.

Celebrate the life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver.
Reconstruction saw Black progress, then backlash erased gains after brief equality.
How Du Bois used "The Crisis" and NAACP efforts to expose racism and celebrate Black achievement.
Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Seton J. Melvin, Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Anita and Jay Kaufman, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Charina Endowment Fund, The Marc Haas Foundation and public television viewers.
Why did vertebrates conquer both the land and the air before the depths of the sea?
A feud between the revolutionary group MOVE and Philadelphia officials reached a bloody culmination.
Galaxies older than the universe? Webb's findings keep defying our best explanations.
Inspired by dinosaurs, Alex goes on a journey to stabilize collagen and create leather...with eggs.
Long-extinct dinosaurs may still haunt us—possibly driving us to age faster than any vertebrate.
Earth's core: solid or liquid? Yes — we know more about distant galaxies than our own interior.