Explores the life and achievements of Muhammad Ali; discussing his childhood in Kentucky; his amateur and professional boxing careers; his protest against the Vietnam War; and his fight with Parkinson's disease.
Explores the life and achievements of Oprah Winfrey; discussing her troubled childhood; her careers as a news anchorwoman, actor, and a talk show host; and her role in the promotion of the National Child Protection Law.
Traces the private and public life of America's seventh president, who was orphaned at the age of fourteen. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to Andrew Jackson.
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1980s, including science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1970s, including science, technology, environmental issues, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.
Traces the events, trends, politics, and important people of the 1960s, including lifestyles, fashion, arts and entertainment, sports, environmental issues, and technology.
Discusses the fashions, fads, politics, advances in medicine and technology, people, and world issues that made the 1940s a unique time in American and world history.