1912-2006

Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents a picture book biography of African American photographer and Hollywood movie director Gordon Parks. Explores Parks' childhood, growing up in poverty, and how the purchase of his first camera changed his life.

Acclaimed photographer, filmmaker, composer, and author Gordon Parks reflects on his life achievements and the social and political events he has witnessed.

Tells how with a single photograph a self-taught African American photographer captured the attention of America. Includes a brief biography of African American photographer, writer, and director, Gordon Parks.

Looks at the artistic endeavors of photographer, composer, filmmaker, and writer Gordon Parks.

The year: 1956. Four decades have passed since Eddie Lowery came to fame as the ten-year-old caddie to U.S. Open Champion Francis Ouimet. Now a wealthy car dealer and avid supporter of amateur golf, Lowery has just made a bet with fellow millionaire George Coleman. Lowery claims that two of his employees, amateur golfers Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi, cannot be beaten in a best-ball match. Lowery challenges Coleman to bring any two golfers of his choice to the course at 10 a.m. the next day to settle the issue. Coleman accepts the challenge and shows up with his own power team: Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, the game's greatest living professionals, with fourteen major championships between them.

Tells the life story of Gordon Parks, the first African-American photographer for "Life" magazine, discussing the pictures he took of poor families in the U.S. and abroad and describing the strength he took from a piece of advice his mother gave him when he was young.

Profiles the life and works of American economist and statistician Milton Friedman, describing his aid in establishing the Chicago School of Economists, his Nobel Prize, and influential ideas on the government's role in protecting the rights of the people.