A biography of the wife of the sixteenth president of the United States, discussing her upbringing, marriage, her role in Lincoln's political career, and the tragedies that marred her life.
Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.
The last quarter century of African-American history and culture as black Americans from Jesse Jackson to Colin Powell to Michael Jordan strive to realize the promises made during the Civil Rights Movement.
The last quarter century of African-American history and culture as black Americans from Jesse Jackson to Colin Powell to Michael Jordan strive to realize the promises made during the Civil Rights Movement.
Presents information about the people and events connected with the Boston Tea Party, an act of rebellion that helped to spawn the American Revolution.
Focuses on the debate over censorship, discussing why works of art and literature are considered controversial, who the key players in the censorship debate are, and how the government is dealing with the problem.
Profiles the civil rights leader famous for her refusal to give up a seat on the bus, which led to her arrest and the eventual overturning of the "Jim Crow" laws in the South by order of the Supreme Court.
Presents a biography of Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in December 1955 launching the career of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Montgomery bus boycott that lasted three hundred eighty-one days.
