What better way for a youth to explore issues of character and to find their ethical center than through stories? Here is a collection of inspirational and thought-provoking stories to fuel that search.
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton did not like each other. Listen to a story about the deadly, and illegal, duel between the two men.
Sickened by the slave trade, William Wilberforce begins a 20-year quest to end the practice.
Writers of children's stories, who also abhorred slavery, wrote books to paint a vivid picture of American chattel slavery.
Abe Lincoln began his life in a one-room cabin in rural Kentucky. He was the first person in his family who could read.
It was a fight, over an unpaid-for wig, which set in motion events leading to the Boston Massacre.
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After experiencing an accident in space, Apollo 11's crew depended on team work to save their lives.
During the Blitz, German warplanes devastate Coventry on November 14, 1940.
What does it take to become a Judge? What does it take to be a good one?
Not only was he a brilliant composer, Beethoven was also a brilliant pianist.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was an African-American hero who was also a leader in wartime aviation history.
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