1912-

Examines the life and military career of Air Force General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., discussing his childhood, the challenges he had to overcome as an African-American cadet at West Point, and his role as a Tuskeegee airman leader. Includes photographs and a time line.

Examines the life of Benjamin Davis, Jr., the first African American man to graduate from West Point in the twentieth century, who pursued his chosen course of a military career despite the prejudice against him.

David Packard tells the story of the company he founded with friend, Bill Hewlett, in a one-car garage and how their philosophies helped Hewlett-Packard become a leader in technological advances.

An account of an Austrian mountian climber's escape from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his twenty-one-month journey through the Himalayas to safety in the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet.

Glenn Seaborg chronicles the experiences he had while developing the materials needed to create the atomic bomb.

A photographer, film director, writer, and composer reflects on his life and triumphs in America and abroad.

Tells the story of this African-American artist, the great-grandson of slaves, who has achieved fame and admiration for his ornamental wrought-iron creations.

Explores the work of Chien-Shiun Wu, a physicist and atomic researcher, and examines the hardships she endured to reach the top of her field.