20th century

Examines the daily lives of immigrants to the United States since 1965, providing an overview of the migration stories of people from various countries and continents, and discussing economics, family life and identity, community, society and culture, stereotypes and discrimination, and policy and politics.

Examines how urban race riots that took place in the Jim Crow era impacted the African-American community and influenced the development of the civil rights movement.

Examines acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and other instances of extreme persecution, with an emphasis on events taking place in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in Afghanistan.

Explores genocide and persecution in Uganda, including the historical/cultural background of events from the early 1970s to the twenty-first century. Issues surrounding events such as the despotic rule of Idi Amin, Milton Obote, and Yoweri Museveni and genocidal acts committed by government and rebel forces.

Explores genocide and persecution in the People's Republic of China, including the historical/cultural background of events from the rise of the communist People's Republic of China in 1949 to the present.

Jean Hatzfeld offers an inside look at the motives behind the genocidal massacre of almost a million people in Rwanda more than a decade ago, interviewing ten of the killers and examining why they killed thousands of men, women, and children.

Traces the history of Cuba, from its earliest days as a Spanish colony, through its wars for independence and the United States occupation in the twentieth century.

Profiles the land, people, culture, and customs of the Dominican Republic.

Provides an overview of the history and culture of Haiti, and includes discussion of the country's religion, people and society, social customs, media and cinema, literature and language, performing arts, and visual arts and architecture.

Provides an overview of the history and culture of Cuba, and includes discussion of the country's religion, social customs, broadcasting and print media, cinema, literature, and visual and performing arts.