Explains how the Oneidas, one of many Native American tribes in the United States, fit into the history of North America's native peoples, covering lands and origins, history, traditions, contemporary life, issues, and more.
Presents brief biographies of one hundred men and women of Hispanic or Latino heritage whose actions helped shape the course of American history. Arranged chronologically.
Describes the history of the abolition of slavery, covering important events, how slavery divided the nation, how slavery led to war, the legacy of the abolition of slavery, and more.
Highlights the contributions of Asian Pacific Americans to American society, including contributions in print, the arts, movies, music, sports, and food.
Provides an overview of the Trail of Tears, describing the events that forced the Cherokees westward to a new territory in Oklahoma, the hardships they experienced along the their thousand-mile journey, and what they found upon their arrival.
Explores the history of the Holocaust in Germany, covering the ideology behind it, the rise of the Nazi party, the men given the task of implementing it, the extermination in the East, and the systematic extermination in the death camps.
Describes how the strong dislike of Jews that existed in Europe since social Darwinism became popular in the 1870's led eventually to Kristallnacht or "Night of broken glass" in 1938 when Jews throughout Germany and Austria were subjected to brutality and thousands of horrors in a single night.
