A biography of the noted literary historian, critic, author, and scholar who taught at many leading universities before becoming head of the African American Studies department at Harvard.
Profiles Washington, D.C.'s member of the United States House of Representatives who, in a previous position as head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Council, wrote the guidelines on sexual harassment in the workplace.
Profiles Cornel West, a scholar in African-American Studies who has taught at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, and written many books including "Race Matters.".
Chronicles the life of Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, who represented the state of Illinois from 1992 to 1998.
A biography of African American lawyer Benjamin Hooks, who continues to speak and teach about racial justice and equality since his 1992 retirement from the position of executive director of the NAACP.
