Woody Allen
Zach Braff Reminisces about Woody Allen

Actor Zach Braff recalls appearing in a one-minute scene with Woody Allen, Diane Keaton and Angelica Huston in the 1993 film, “Manhattan Murder Mystery” directed by Allen. Continue reading

Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II and Malala Yousafzai Meet

Queen Elizabeth II meets Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban because of her efforts to promote education for females. Continue reading

Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor Interviewed After Little Foxes Debuts

Elizabeth Taylor is interviewed after she debuted on stage in 1981 in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes, sharing the most common question she has been asked about this performance. Continue reading

Elizabeth I of England
Queen Elizabeth I’s Feisty Response to Five Catholic Bishops

This letter, written in 1559, is Queen Elizabeth I's response to a complaint by five Catholic bishops, who did not approve of her choice to uphold the reformed Church of England as the official religion of the land. Continue reading

Japanese American Internment Camps
Albert Bunji Ikeda Recalls the Japanese American Internment Camps

Albert Bunji Ikeda, a third-generation Japanese American, recalls why his ancestors came to the United States from Japan and how he experienced racism during the second World War. Continue reading

Japanese American Internment Camps
George Takei Shares His Experience: ‘It Was a Dark Chapter in American History’

Actor George Takei recalls what it was like to be taken from his home and forced to live in the Japanese internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Continue reading