1912-

The author tells her life story, describing her Pennsylvania childhood, her college years in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance, her experiences as a welfare caseworker during the Depression, her four decades as president of the National Council of Negro Women, and her top-level involvement in the civil rights movement.

An autobiography of the three-star general describing his achievements as an African American officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1936 to 1970.

Francine du Plessix Gray chronicles the lives of her parents, Alexander Liberman and Tatiana du Plessix, and explores how their lives mirror the sociopolitical complexities of the twentieth century.

The author retraces the legendary 1953 journey around North America of naturalists Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, and describes how the continent's natural landscape has changed over the past fifty years.

In presenting the memoir of her grandmother's life, Helie Lee illuminates the intricate experiences of Asian-American women.

Documentary on the creation of the F. W. Woolworth 5 & 10 cent store empire by Frank Winfield Woolworth, and how his granddaughter Barbara Hutton spent the fortune her grandfather had accumulated.