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Catherine Wright with the Museum of the Confederacy asks Gwen Wright to confirm the legend behind this doll. Did a Confederate family use this doll to smuggle medicine past the Northern blockade?

History Detectives: Drug Smuggling Doll; Florida Map; Marion Carpenter Camera

Airs Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

This one of a kind Civil War photograph is at the center of a hot debate over whether black men fought for the Confederate Army. Was Silas Chandler, the black man pictured here in a Confederate uniform, slave or free? What was the relationship between these two men?

History Detectives: Chandler Tintype; Harlem Heirs; Ince Ledger

Airs Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Table with gun and ballistics display. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was one of the first cases in the country to use ballistic evidence to tie weapons to a crime.

History Detectives: Continental Club Card; St Valentine's Day Massacre; Society Circus Program

Airs Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Guest Blogger: Scott Paulson Goes to France

Local Musician and Impromptu Foley Artist Invited to Black France Film Festival

Thomas “TJ” Tichy and his wife Lisa ask Tukufu Zuberi to solve the mystery behind this stick. Some faint painting on the stick mentions Teddy Roosevelt. Did someone present this odd stick to President Roosevelt? Who and why?

History Detectives: Drone Propeller; Clara Barton Letter; Teddy Roosevelt War Club

Airs Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Cherrie Stege (right) asks HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray (left) to find out whether her family clock actually regulated time for the entire Midwest during the 19th century.

History Detectives: Chicago Clock, Universal Friends, War Dog Letter

Airs Monday, September 6, 2010 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Wes Cowan gathers clues about the pike from Michelle Hammer, blacksmith specialist for the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

History Detectives: John Brown Pike; Siberian Bullet; Ronald McDonald Costume

Airs Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Facing Identity Conflicts, Black Students Fall Behind

Why do middle-class black and Latino teens often have lower test scores and college attendance rates than their white peers? Some researchers suggest media stereotypes might be to blame; others point to a peer culture of underachievement.

The five History Detectives (from L-R) Gwen Wright, Eduardo Pagan, Tukufu Zuberi, Elyse Luray and Wes Cowan.

History Detectives: Space Exploration

Airs Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

<p>Occupy Oakland protesters carry away a man who was hit by a police tear gas canister Tuesday near the Oakland City Hall.</p>

Are Crackdowns A Turning Point For Occupy Protests?

Altercations in Atlanta and Oakland, Calif., between police and protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement could be a critical test for the tactics of both the demonstrators and the authorities dealing with them, experts say.

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