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UNUM highlights themes throughout American history, drawing from Florentine Films library of work, to advance a more complete understanding of our past, present and future.
— Ken Burns
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Natural Disasters and Changing Climates
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The Dust Bowl: An Environmental Catastrophe
Making a Home in The West Against All Odds
Lewis and Clark Face the Weather
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UNUM Shorts
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UNUM Short: The Vindman Twins on Liberty
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UNUM Short: A Strike that Changed America
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UNUM Short: How Dolly Parton Reclaimed Her Career
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UNUM Short: Remembering the Sand Creek Massacre
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UNUM Short: Ali and Robinson
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UNUM Short: Elections in Times of Crisis
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UNUM Short: Baseball
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UNUM Short: The Mythology of Monuments
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UNUM Short: When the World Couldn't Watch a Black Man Win
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UNUM Short: Collective Mobilization
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UNUM Short: Women May Finally Be Declared Equal
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These curated playlists include scenes from the Ken Burns archive, UNUM’s own original content, plus podcasts, articles, primary resources and more.
Chats
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UNUM Chat: Ken Burns and Erik Larson
UNUM Chat: Ken Rosenthal and Ken Burns
UNUM Chat: Rachel Maddow and Ken Burns
UNUM Chat: Margaret Renkl and Ken Burns
UNUM Chat: Cassidy Hutchinson and Ken Burns
UNUM Chat: Drew Faust and Ken Burns
UNUM Chat: Katharina Matro and Ken Burns
Heather Cox Richardson and Ken Burns in Conversation
Isabel Wilkerson and Ken Burns in Conversation
UNUM Chat: John Avlon and Ken Burns
Jamie Margolin and Ken Burns in Conversation
Christiane Amanpour and Ken Burns in Conversation
Consequential Elections: A Conversation with Ken Burns
UNUM Voices
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John Legend
John Green
Jon Batiste
Dr. Carla Hayden
Kai Ryssdal
Erica Wagner
Bill McKibben
Themes
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Debate & Diplomacy
Communication
Housing Inequality
Elections
Baseball
Collective Mobilization
Protest
Innovation
Leadership
Art
The Vietnam War
Divided Nation
Hard Times
Brooklyn Bridge
The Central Park Five
Triumph & Tragedy
Breaking Barriers
Country Music
Wars
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The Civil War
The Vietnam War
Anti-War Movement
Women in War
World War II
America in the World
People
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Buck O'Neil
Benjamin Franklin
What They Left Behind
Charley Pride
Billie Holiday
Pauline Sabin
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jackie Robinson
Richard Nixon
Events
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Remembering the Sand Creek Massacre
Women May Finally Be Declared Equal
Emancipation
Watergate
Great Depression
Kent State Shootings
Pearl Harbor
Gettysburg
Time
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1920s
1940s
1968
Places
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New York City
California
North Vietnam
Louisiana
AP US History Themes
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American and National Identity
Work, Exchange, and Technology
Geography and the Environment
Migration and Settlement
Politics and Power
America in the World
Social Structures
American and Regional Culture
OPPORTUNITIES FROM OUR PARTNERS
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2022 Next Generation Angels Awards Winners
Communication in History: The Key To Understanding
2021 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film
