A story about a stage performer, who struggled with the challenge of her color, beat out many more famous rivals and become the first African-American woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award.
Lurene is a Dallas housewife who is determined to travel across the country to attend John F. Kennedy's funeral. Aboard the eastbound bus, she meets a mysterious African American man who is travelling with a young girl. Despite several racial issues and misunderstandings, the trio develop a friendship.
Fourteen-year-old John Grimes, the son of a revivalist preacher in Harlem, struggles to reconcile his desires and goals with the expectations of his African-American family and community, while his parents Gabriel and Elizabeth, deal with the sins and sorrows of the past.
In a future society where most of the women are infertile, Kate is a fertile woman forced to bear a child for a high-ranking military official and his wife.
Examines the landscapes, history, culture, ecosystems, economies, and other aspects of the geography of North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and Africa.