This guide has been created to accompany Clinton, a four-hour AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentary that presents a rich biographical portrait of America's 42nd president.
An unlikely celebrity who drew fire from across the political spectrum, Henry Kissinger is widely recognized as one of the great American statesmen of the twentieth century.Â
Read the words of Marcus Garvey on his organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association; his Black Star Line venture into commercial shipping; and his 1925 arrest.
Booker T. Washington was one of the most powerful African Americans at the turn of the twentieth century. Washington was a leader in black education, and a strong influence as a racial representative in national politics.
Earl Little, a Baptist minister, and his second wife, Louise, born in Grenada, British West Indies, were long-standing members of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association form a critical link in black America's centuries-long struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. Garvey is now best remembered as a champion of the back-to-Africa movement.Â
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century, was an editor, historian, sociologist, novelist, civil rights leader, socialist, and pan-Africanist.
