case studies

Discusses the impact on a community's race relations when a young African-American is found murdered near a river which separates two Michigan towns; one predominantly white and prosperous and the other African-American and impoverished.

Tells the story of early civil rights martyr Bill Moore, a white postal worker who was shot and killed by Ku Klux Klan member Floyd Simpson in 1963 while on a well-publicized trek from Tennessee to issue a personal plea to Mississippi governor Ross Barnett for racial tolerance, and discusses the difficulties others encountered in trying to complete Moore's mission.

Perhaps the most compelling murder case of our day, the death of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey galvanized the nation-and years after it occurred, the mystery still endures. Who killed the young beauty queen and why? Who is covering up for whom and who is simply lying? In JonBenet, the most authoritative and comprehensive study of the Ramsey murder, a former lead Boulder Police detective, Steve Thomas, explores the case in vivid and fascinating detail-pointing the way toward an analysis of the evidence some deem too shocking to consider.

Discusses how reform and renewal organizations and movements influence and shape people's religious beliefs.

Chronicles the experiences of African-American political prisoner Elmer Gerard "Geronimo" Pratt.

Examines the foreign policy strategies of each U.S. president from George Washington to George W. Bush, and includes a selection of primary source documents and a chronology.

Traces the genetic history of twelve famous Americans such as Yo-Yo Ma, Meryl Streep, and Kristi Yamaguchi, by analyzing their DNA and comparing it to historical data.

Addresses the issues of family and illegal immigration through the story of a young boy's dangerous journey from Honduras to the U.S. in search of his mother, who left him and his sibling behind make a better life for her family.

Examination and analysis of the murder of Yusuf Hawkins and the community of Bensonhurst where he was murdered.