ABOUT US

WHO WE ARE

The Witnessing History Education Foundation, Inc. is a qualified Kentucky non-stock, nonprofit public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, created to finance and produce documentary films on all aspects of those films to PBS Learning Media for use in classrooms, by teachers, along with free lesson plans for download from the WHEF website and the PBS Learning Media platform as well as aspects of American History for broadcast on public and cable television, and to provide tours and lectures, produce podcasts, articles, pamphlets, and other print and electronic publications for the purpose of making American History readily available to the public.

In addition, WHEF provides all WHEF films and podcasts placed on the WHEF YouTube channel, for free viewing on demand, worldwide.

ADVISORY BOARD

Beverly Means “Bo” DuBose
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Ronald F. Maxwell
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OUR BOARD

Steve Evans
Barbourville, Kentucky

Dottie Dobbs Spears
Paris, Kentucky

Chip Sutherland
Louisville, Kentucky

Neil Rush, DMD
Cynthiana, Kentucky

OUR VISION

Educate and inform the public about all aspects of American History through documentary films, tours, lectures, podcasts, seminars, articles, teacher education guides and other print and electronic media, because it is history that teaches us hope.

Our Opportunity
While we have the opportunity to build on the body of work of our Founder, Kent Masterson Brown, we seek the financial resources to:
- Produce the critical number of documentary films for “The Pageant of America” series on the History of America through the Civil War.
OUR PLAN
- Produce eight documentary films on American History in Phase One of our Campaign and, in coordination with key public and private broadcast partners, distribute them to public and cable broadcast networks nationwide without remuneration of any kind.
- In coordination with the education departments of key public and private broadcast partners and qualified educators, reconfigure the documentary films, and develop and disseminate supporting educational materials (study guides and teaching plans) for classroom use, and distribute them, without any remuneration, to elementary and secondary schools, home-schools, post- secondary institutions nationwide, and to the general public, as part of Phase One of our Campaign.
OUR NEED
- $3,500,000 to produce eight Documentary Films on American History during Phase One, and operational funding.
- $17,500,000 to enable the foundation, during Phase Two, to continue the production of Documentary Films on American History well into the future.

OUR OPPORTUNITY

While we have the opportunity to build on the body of work of our Founder, Kent Masterson Brown, we require the financial resources to:

Produce the critical number of documentary films for “The Pageant of America” series on the History of America through the Civil War.