Witness History Episodes Available now
Diary of life in a favela
A shocking account of the realities of the slums of São Paulo
The man who first published Harry Potter
The man who spotted the potential of the boy wizard books in 1996
Chairman Mao's Little Red Book
The collected thoughts of China's communist leader that became an unexpected best-seller
The release of Nelson Mandela
The day that South Africa's anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was freed
The Native American casino boom in the US
How a small Californian tribe won the right for Indian communities to host gambling.
Witnessing the birth of a new language
In the 1980s deaf children in Nicaragua invented a completely new sign language
Cixi: China's most powerful woman
The Empress Dowager Cixi ruled for 47 years until her death in 1908.
London's first black policeman
Norwell Roberts endured years of racist abuse within the Metropolitan police
The Treaty of Rome
The document which formed the basis for what is now the European Union was signed in 1957
The first self-made female millionaire
Madam C. J. Walker was born to former slaves and created a black beauty business.
