Children's author Betsy Byars talks about her life, her writing, and winning the Newbery Medal for "The Summer of the Swans," and reads from one of her books.
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.
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.
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.
