1918-

Follows the life of the baseball player Bob Feller from its beginning to his retirement years.

A biography of the wife of the thirty-eighth president of the United States, a relaxed, friendly White House hostess who supported women's rights and helped raise breast cancer awareness by talking openly about her own surgery.

Biographical sketches of three baseball players renowned for their batting skill: Rogers Hornsby, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams.

Examines the 1954 Supreme Court decision of "Brown vs. Board of Education" that ended segregation in U.S. public schools, discusses events that led to the case being brought before the Court, and looks at how school districts responded to the ruling.

Recounts Nelson Mandela's life, the history of the African National Congress, and the racial problems of South Africa.

Contains twelve essays written in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of "Brown v. Board of Education" in which various scholars discuss the history and legacy of the 1954 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that legally enforced racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

On t.p.: His speeches and writings brought together with historical documents and accounts of Mandela in prison by fellow-prisoners.