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Locksmith Kostman relates some of his experiences with the people who have needed his services over the years.

The story of Kenneth and Mamie Clark, founders of New York's Northside Center, discussing their work through the clinic in the civil rights movement, the push for integration in public education, and other issues affecting the African-American community.

Recounts Henry Hudson's 1609 arrival at Manhattan Island from the perspectives of the Eastern Algonquins, who greeted Hudson as the fulfillment of ancient prophecies; Robert Juet, who accompanied Hudson; and Hudson himself.

A memoir in which the author, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, discusses her quest to reconstruct the lives of her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

NYPD sergeant Kathleen Mallory sets off a chain reaction of violence when she returns to her small hometown in Louisiana in an attempt to discover who killed her mother and what happened to her body.

During a summer in Harlem, David relies on his mother and a close friend and on an old man he meets in the park to help him come to terms with his father's outbursts and unstable behavior.

A collection of true stories about how men and women have managed to overcome the violence and poverty of New York City's slums.

Introduces Katy, a ten-year-old girl living in a New York City high-rise apartment. Watch Katy take the subway with one of her parents, attend drama class after school, trick-or-treat in Greenwich Village, and celebrate her birthday with family and friends.

A simple introduction to the history of New Amsterdam, from its establishment by the Dutch until its conquest by the English in 1664.