social reformers

Profiles fourteen children that have made a difference in society through random acts of kindness.

Relates interviews Sojourner Truth had with Olive Gilbert and Frances Titus which later became published in two books describing Truth's life as a slave, her escape to freedom, and her fight to end slavery and win rights for women.

Looks at the lives of fifty revolutionaries, including Joan of Arc, Sitting Bull, Che Guevara, and others.

The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.

Explores the history of the Oneida community, as told by a descendant of one of the Community's original families, discussing it's founding in the early 19th century by religious leader John Humphrey Noyes and his followers who built a free love community in rural New York, their eventual rejection of Noyes' sexual theories and belief in eugenics after his death, and their business success as a leading manufacturer of flatware in the 20th century.

A memoir of Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner, two young people from very different cultures who joined forces to build a life together, and run a school in Kibera, Kenya for girls.

A biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, 2012.

Tells the life story of twentieth-century American activist Dorothy Day, describing her conversion to Catholicism and her founding of the Catholic Worker movement, which aided the poor, protested war, and fought for social justice.

Chronicles the life of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, focusing on her efforts to live out the message of the Gospel and discussing her religious beliefs, protest work, extensive writings, and other related topics.