Follows the life and career of Chicago's first black mayor, assessing his impact as lawyer, state representative, state senator, mayor, and national leader.
Describes the work of Mother Teresa with the poor of India and how she came to devote her life to bringing not just goods and services to those in need, but also love.
A brief biography of the clergyman, civil rights worker, legislator, and first black United States Ambassador to the United Nations who became Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in 1982.
Examines the life and career of the man who served as vice-president of the United States for eight years under Ronald Reagan and was then elected to follow him as the forty-first president.
A brief biography of the black opera singer who is one of the most celebrated sopranos of her time and who, among other honors, opened the inaugural season of the new Metropolitan Opera House.
A biography of the California astrophysicist who became, with the second mission of the Challenger spacecraft in June 1983, the first American woman and the youngest American astronaut to orbit the earth.
Recounts the life of the author and civil rights leader who blazed a trail for racial equality and human rights through his songs, poems, speeches, and other writings.
A brief biography of the British theoretical physicist who is well-known for his advances in the study of cosmology, accomplished despite being physically limited by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease.