Profiles the lives and achievements of Indian Americans, which includes journalist Fareed Zakaria, film director M. Night Shyamalan, singer Norah Jones, and others.
Profiles the lives and achievements of Filipino Americans, which includes military leader Antonio Taguba, actress and singer Tia Carrere, hip-hop musician Allan Pineda Lindo, and others; and discusses Filipino immigration.
A brief history of Cuban American immigration and ancestry along with profiles of several prominent individuals including U.S. Senator Mel Martinez, actress Cameron Diaz, and journalist Soledad O'Brien.
Presents a short history of the Chinese immigrant experience in the U.S., with brief biographies of various Chinese Americans, including physicist Daniel C. Tsui, author Amy Tan, musician Yo-Yo Ma, and actress Lucy Liu.
Profiles the lives and achievements of Americans with Eastern European heritage, which includes comic book artist Stan Lee, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Martha Stewart, film director Steven Spielberg, and others.
Profiles the lives and achievements of Americans with Central American heritage, which includes astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz, baseball player Pablo Alvarado, comedian Carlos Mencia, actress America Ferrera, and others; and discusses Central American immigration.
Lauralee Summer tells the story of her life growing up as the child of a single, often homeless mother, and discusses how circumstances conspired to gain her entrance to Harvard where she majored in children's studies, finally came to know her father, and figured out her place in the world.
Presents twenty-five biographical sketches of individuals who have made an impact upon the lives of others and includes profiles of Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, Jim Thorpe, Michael Jordon, Heather Whitestone, and more.
African Americans in pursuit of freedom, opportunity, and achievement
Govenar, Alan B.
2007
A collection of twenty-seven first-person accounts in which African-Americans from different eras, backgrounds, and jobs examine both the literal and metaphoric meaning of "frontier".
