Chronicles the life of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, discussing his childhood, schooling, work as a lawyer for the NAACP, role in landmark Supreme Court decisions, and efforts to promote racial equality.
A biography of Katharine Graham, focusing on her leadership as chief executive officer of the "Washington Post," and discussing some of the major decisions she made during her career related to the publishing of the Pentagon Papers, and the investigation of Watergate.
Describes the lives and work of socialist reformers Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair, Norman Thomas, and John Reed, discussing their impact on the U.S.'s political development.