Chronicles Eleanor Roosevelt's efforts to help improve the standard of living for the people of a stretch of coal mining land in West Virginia who lived in dire poverty by creating a new self-sufficient community called Arthurdale.
Living with her grandfather on Muckwater Mountain in West Virginia, twelve-year-old Silver aggressively pursues her dream of having a dog by working to earn the money for one.
the true life story of becoming a Black Panther, keeping the faith in prison & fighting for those left behind
Bukhari, Safiya
2010
Safiya Bukhari joined the Black Panther Party in 1969, embarking on a lifelong commitment to community organizing. She served nine years in prison on charges related to the Black Liberation Army and she was released in 1983. Upon her release she began working in organizations advocating for the release of political prisoners. She died in 2003.
Eleven-year-old Charlotte is not a dog person but does not like that the rest of her family neglects their Saint Bernard puppy, and so with a lot of determination and a little sneakiness, she works on finding a good home for the gentle giant.
The residents of Culpepper, despite their grand aspirations, have made little progress toward achieving their goals, but unexpected events and surprises put the ambitions of the residents of Culpepper to the test.
Chronicles the life of Anne Bailey, focusing on the years she served as a scout carrying messages to troops moving throughout the frontier and tracking enemy movements during the Revolutionary War.
Jimmy Cannon tells about his life in the 1940s as the son of a West Virginia railroad man, loving the trains and expecting one day to work on the railroad like his father and brothers.
Details the over one-hundred-year-long feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys, covering the influence of the Civil War on the families, kidnapping, murders, legal battles, and more.
