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Eleanor Roosevelt

freedom's champion
1999
Examines the life and accomplishments of the First Lady who devoted herself to helping others and working for peace.

Thurgood Marshall

freedom's defender
1999
Recounts the life and work of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and his successful fight to end segregation across America.

Frederick Douglass

freedom's force
1998
Discusses the life and times of Frederick Douglass, a man who escaped slavery and became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century.

Jane Addams

freedom's innovator
1999
Examines the life and times of Jane Addams who, in 1889, established in Hull House one of the first settlement houses in America and later became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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