American civil rights activist, politician and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it’s out of an understandable ...

Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life. In an interview with “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, the filmmaker challenged how the nation ...

Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life. In an interview with “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, the filmmaker challenged how the nation ...

Award-winning filmmaker and historian Ken Burns of Walpole played the role of cleanup hitter Friday, making the final argument in New Hampshire’s bid to convince the Democratic National Committee (DNC ...

As part of the Jan. 13 program, Ken Burns encouraged audience members to reflect on the uncertainty the country's founders faced in trying to create and defend the American experiment. The U.S. War ...

PBS has extended Ken Burns’ free streaming window for his history docuseries “The American Revolution,” following its ratings success. The 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein ...

Wonderful story about Ken Burns and his amazing story-telling talent (“Ken Burns Believes the American Revolution Belongs to All of Us,” November 9). I have watched almost all of his films and each ...

"The American Revolution" the latest look at history by Ken Burns. As a young filmmaker, Burns brought his cameras to Old Sturbridge Village. American Antiquarian Society in Worcester: "You don't have ...

Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to “the voice of God,” the phrase once associated with ...

In a recent interview, Ken Burns said that the American Revolution was the most important human event since the birth of Christ. While historians (and theologians) may debate this claim, what cannot ...

Ken Burns agreed to let Apple use his photo panning style in iMovie for $1 million worth of equipment. Steve Jobs proposed naming the Mac feature after Burns' filmmaking technique, and he initially ...