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Explores seven distinctive American religious communities which derived from Judaism, Christianity, or Islam; included are Amish, Shakers, Mormons, Catholic Workers, Nation of Islam, Lubavitcher Hasidim, and Quakers.

In Africa's Ivory Coast during the 1970s Aya and her friends begin to think about their futures, Aya is thinking about becoming a doctor, but when a professor tries to take advantage of her she seeks revenge.

Examines the influence of religion on American society and culture, and looks at how that impact has changed since the mid-twentieth century.

Examines the problem of starvation in Africa; discussing the country's geography and history of famine, the elements that cause it, and strategies to fight it; and cites examples of twentieth and early twenty-first-century food shortages.

An African-American journalist spends three years traveling across Africa witnessing dictatorships, mass starvation, and political corruption and questions his own heritage and identity.

A comprehensive look at the 1960s, which had the Vietnam War, a sexual revolution, a feminist revolution, the Kennedy era, scientific advancements, exploding ghettos, freedom riders, and other important changes in music, art, literature, science, politics, and civil rights.