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Bill Moyers is joined by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee who re-create the world of 20th-century black America. This episode covers 1900 to 1920.

From the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 to the 1982 celebration in Knoxville, a look at the ways these global festivities have reflected America’s changing views about the future.

BIll Moyers looks at how newsreels grew into a unique 20th-century institution that informed and entertained whole generations.

Theodore Roosevelt was a cowboy, soldier, explorer, hunter, historian, reformer, naturalist and president of the United States. Bill Moyers explores TR's brief and golden career.

Bill Moyers visits his hometown. Long-time residents describe the town as being "a Tom Sawyer sort of place" on one hand and a town formerly divided by racial segregation on the other.

Bill tells the story of Ron Bricker, an out-of-work man who asked President Reagan for help finding a job, only to end up making less than he did on unemployment.

Bill Moyers examines the growth of mass communication and the birth of the concept of public relations.

In this clip from the 1982 series, philosopher Mortimer Adler talks to Bill Moyers about how he would go about persuading an atheist about his belief in the existence of God.

Hollywood icon John Huston shares his insights about the creative experience.

Bill Moyers takes a closer look at the mystery behind the birth of creativity with the famed painter, sculptor and welder, Gerald Scheck.