How a 1981 episode of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' opened kids' eyes to one boy's story — and now inspires a new character ...

When creating his show, Fred Rogers was intentional about affirmation and onscreen displays of kindness. Every episode he would look directly at the lens of the camera into the child at home and tell ...

When musician Ella Jenkins appeared on the show, she brought Black diasporic music and her signature songs to televisions ...

Anyone—child or adult—who has watched Mister Rogers' Neighborhood knows there's something special about the host of that long-running series, qualities of warmth and attentiveness that ...

Mister Rogers was so much more than just a TV host ... Not only that, but he served as a chairman of a White House forum on child development and the mass media in 1968.