Read excerpts of JFK's speach given on June 11, 1963, addressing the nation on the most pressing domestic issue of the day: the struggle to affirm civil rights for all Americans.
Reconstruction after the Civil War promised black citizens of the United States equal rights under the law and opportunities unheard of during the slavery era. A group of powerful white New Orleans' residents would fight the changes and win.
LBJ exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs through Congress with astounding success, but his visions of a Great Society were swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam.
Author, soldier, scientist, outdoorsman and caring father, he was the youngest man to become president. Part of the award-winning Presidents collection.
Scottish emigrant and abolitionist Allan Pinkerton founded America's first detective agency and brought down some of the country's most ruthless criminals.
 In 1847 Douglass met the radical abolitionist John Brown. He was impressed by BrownÃs more militant stance against slavery and his willingness to take action.
Slow to speak, a deliberate thinker, Stanford was characterized by a plodding nature that repeatedly vexed his railroad partners. However, he relished public life, and it was in this capacity that he best served the Central Pacific.
