Jules Archer

Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.

Treason can be defined as "the breach of the allegiance which a person owes to the state under whose protection he lives." But what exactly does it mean to be guilty of a "breach of the allegiance" owed to your country? In a country that guarantees freedom of speech and dissent to all citizens, the extent to which dissent becomes unlawful may not always be clear. Treason is punishable by the death penalty, underscoring the importance of the question:...

An exploration of the women's movement, with biographies of Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan.

Traces the history of riots in the United States and examines their causes and results. Also discusses ways of dealing with mob action.

A biography of the Vietnamese peasant who led his people in a successful revolution for independence from France and in the warwith South Vietnam.

Son of a devout pacifist, Eisenhower enters West Point despite his family and later becomes Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II, and eventually the thirty-fourth president of the United States.