Special Features
- Primary Resources: 3,000th Hit
- Further Reading: Related Books and Websites
- Interview: Bernardo Ruiz
- Interview: Orlando Cepeda
- Primary Resources: 1960 World Series
- Primary Resources: MVP
Born in Puerto Rico, Clemente was an exceptional baseball player and humanitarian whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change. He would die in a tragic plane crash.
Annie Oakley
As the star attraction of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Annie Oakley thrilled audiences around the world with her shooting feats. Part of the Wild West collection.
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Telegrams from the Dead
A new religion called spiritualism affected the nation in the era of Abraham Lincoln, P. T. Barnum and Frederick Douglass.
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Ansel Adams
The life of the legendary photographer, known best for his black and white images of the wilderness of the American West.
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Mary Pickford
Silent film actress Mary Pickford played a pivotal role in bringing Hollywood into the center of the motion picture industry.
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Jesse Owens
His stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis. Premiering May 1.
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Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Marcus Garvey, a black nationalist leader from Jamaica, had great successes and failures before being jailed and deported from the US in 1927.
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