Chronicles the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy from childhood to death, looking at his careers as soldier, author, and politician, and discussing his accomplishments as president of the United States.
Uses dramatizations and historical photographs to examine the life of abolitionist and suffragist Susan B. Anthony, discussing her role in securing the vote for women.
Takes a look at the life and times of Rosa Parks, from her childhood in Tuskegee, Alabama to her act of defiance that was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
Provides insights into the explorations of the Portuguese through dramatized interviews with Prince Henry the Navigator, a leader who inspired voyages to the African coast and other uncharted regions of the world; Bartolomeo Dias, who sailed around the southern tip of Africa; and Vasco da Gama, explorer of the Indies.
A dramatization that describes the voyages of fifteenth-century explorer, Christopher Columbus, including his determination to receive funding in order to find a westward route to Asia and his accidental discovery of a new world.
Tells the life story of civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., taking viewers to his home state, Georgia, and visiting the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta.
Children's author Cynthia Rylant recalls her childhood and other life experiences and explains how these experiences became the subjects of her novels and picture books.
