political and social views

Argues that the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the period after 1965, laid the foundations for Barack Obama's 2009 presidential inauguration, highlighting the policies, people, and events that led to a new wave of African-American leadership in the United States.

Presents photographs and text alongside images of handwritten manuscripts penned by Abraham Lincoln, and features speeches, letters, and childhood notebooks.

A collection of twenty-three essays that examines the social issues present in Upton Sinclair's classic novel "The Jungle," and includes a chronology of Sinclair's life and works.

Chronicles the life of Alexis de Tocqueville, one of the first foreigners to recognize and celebrate the grandness of the American project in the nineteenth century.

Profiles the life of Nikki Giovanni, from her childhood in Knoxville and Cincinnati to her career as an out-spoken, influential, award-winning poet.