Smithsonian Channel Presents Black History Month

For hazmat driver Ben Moorhead, a grueling workday starts at the crack of dawn. Here, he walks us through what it's like to transport oil for a living and the science involved in safely testing his precious cargo.

We sit down with Lonnie Bunch, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, to hear his personal recollections of the events following MLK's assassination.

Civil Rights history is captured on film as singer Marian Anderson performs for the entire country at the Lincoln Memorial.

Curator Deborah Willis describes the National Museum of African American History and Culture's first exhibit.

Scurlock's photography captured the black community of Washington, DC, as they confronted racial segregation on the nation's doorstep.