This book chronicles Jacksons journey from humble beginnings in South Carolina to prominent civil rights activist, politician, and leader of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Enhanced by a timeline detailing important events, Jacksons life inspires all readers to make their voices heard.
Jesse Jackson is a black civil rights activist, political leader, and Baptist minister. He has focused attention on the problems of racial discrimination, economic injustice, drug abuse, and teenage pregnancy.
Presents excerpts from the diary of Iraqi artist Nuha Al-Radi in which she chronicles events in her country and in exile from the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 to the start of the U.S. war on Iraq in 2003.
A biography of opera performer Placido Domingo, tracing his lifelong passion for music from his early years in Spain through his successes of the 1990s.