Native America on film - in this special video presentation we examine a short film by D.W Griffith (director of The Birth of a Nation)that was made in 1909. This episode includes the entire original film with a special academic audio commentary.

In this episode we explore one of the most controversial American songs, the unofficial anthem of the Confederate States of America, 'Dixie'. This enduring song continues to be sung in a variety of contexts today, but in this study we will...

Not the faint of heart, we head back to early America for this episode, we explore anti-Indian propaganda in literature from the 1780s. In 1782 Colonel William Crawford led a military expedition into the Ohio Valley. His campaign was defeated...

In this discussion, I consider the argument which dismisses racism in classic comics. Racism in the Golden Age of comic books was rooted in ideas which predated the Civil War which de-humanised both African-Americans and Asian-Americans...

Introducing the Artist in American History