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Details the inspiration for and history of Emma Lazarus' sonnet which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's plaque.

Looks at the career of reporter, photographer, and social reformer, Jacob Riis.

Jessica Jones and her three best friends find that a prom night adventure turns into a crime scene and they are left with bloody hands and shattered futures. After spending years paying off a debt that wasn't theirs, Jessica returns to Harlem to find that crack is now king and Jessica decides totake a stand against the destruction of her family and neighborhood.

Charlie is a small-time crook working his way up the ranks of the local mob. His friend Johnny Boy is a small-time gambler in debt to the loan sharks, and his family disapproves of his girlfriend due to her epilepsy.

Harlem sleuth Mali Anderson is called upon to clear the name of the young, suave Kendrick, after he is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend Thea, a popular waitress at the Half-Moon Bar.

NYPD Detective Keith Frazier struggles to outsmart Dalton, a high-stakes bank robber who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank. The robbers turn what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, Madaline, a power broker with her own agenda, emerges and injects even more instability into an already volatile situation.

Amy Gray describes her experiences as a private investigator in Manhattan for three years, as well as her childhood, college days at Brown, low-paying job at a publishing company, and love life.