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A collection of two hundred letters which were written to Mrs. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1941 by children who were asking her to help them receive material assistance during the Great Depression.

"The long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's last days during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into English, with a foreword from American Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt. Renia Spiegel was a young girl from an upper-middle class Jewish family living on an estate in Stawki, Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. In the summer of 1939, Renia and her sister Elizabeth (n?e Ariana) were visiting their grandparents in Przemysl, right before the Germans invaded Poland"--Provided by publisher.

"From the Compton's Cafeteria and Stonewall riots in the 1960s, to the decriminalization of homosexuality, and marriage rights, this thoughtful title examines the continuing fight for LGBTQ human and legal rights. Using fascinating primary and secondary source material, readers will gain insight into this evolving rights movement and be encouraged to think critically about the concepts of rights and freedoms in democratic societies. The effects of harmful stereotypes with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity are also discussed"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of first-person accounts in which indigenous people around the world describe their first interactions with European settlers.

Traces the history of genocidal acts that have occurred in Darfur during the early twenty-first century, sharing first-hand accounts from survivors on their lives before, during, and after genocidal events, and providing documents issued by the United States, the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to address whether or not the actions of the Sudanese government constitute genocide.

Offers in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents and historic events that make up the story of women's struggles to achieve basic rights and full legal standing, the right to vote, the right to make their own decisions and the right to achieve dignity and equity.

Presents a collection of primary source materials that looks at the LGBT movement.

Explores the idea of the American dream, discussing the relationship between education and jobs, technological displacement of workers, downward mobility among certain groups, labor mobility and home ownership as indicators of the health of the idea of the American Dream.

Contains fifteen full or excerpted documents related to the history and development of television, from 1936 to 2005, and includes sidebars, photographs, a time line, and definitions.