Examines the life, career, and accomplishments of the civil rights activist and politician, Jesse Jackson, from his childhood in North Carolina through his years in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
Baseball legend Pete Rose shares the story of his life and career, and answers questions about his gambling, his time in prison on tax charges, and his banishment from the game and the Hall of Fame in 1989.
the lives and times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fari?a, and Richard Fari?a
Hajdu, David
2001
Examines the lives of folk musicians Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, Joan's sister Mimi Baez Fari?a, and Mimi's writer husband Richard, and discusses the impact of the four young people on the sound and style of the 1960s.
Examines the life of the black leader and civil rights worker from his childhood to the present, describing how he achieved his goal of obtaining more rights for blacks.