Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the fateful encounter at the Little Bighorn River on June 25, 1876, between the Seventh Cavalry troops commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Custer and the Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux led by Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
Combines text, quotes, and full-color photographs to provide an overview of the life and football career of Brian Urlacher; and includes information on relevant trends, events, people, and places, a chronology, a glossary, and a list of resources.
Examines the forty-year study by the federal government in the treatment of syphilis in African-American males conducted at the Tuskegee Institute that eventually killed many of the four hundred infected men.
This book discusses the 1965 March from Selma to Montgomery when 300 African Americans demanded that the government protect their voting rights which led to the August 6, 1965, Voting Rights Act.
Describes cases of lynchings in the American South, chronicles the fight to end lynching, discusses violence during the civil rights era, and notes cases in which perpetrators were prosecuted decades later.
Chronicles the events surrounding the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese bombers in December, 1941, and explains how the attack forced the United States to enter World War II.
