We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
Emmett Till was a fourteen-year-old boy from the South Side of Chicago when he took a train to Mississippi during August of 1955.
Against the backdrop of historical footage, depicting 1955's events, Mamie Till-Mobley narrates much of this clip from "Emmett Till - The Untold Story...
Mamie Till-Mobley tells the story of her son's death and the fight she had to mount in order to have her son's body returned to Chicago from Mississip...
During the trial of Roy Bryant and J.
In April of 1945, a vicious battle began on the Pacific island of Okinawa. Called "Operation Iceberg," the fighting lasted about 82 days. Learn about ...
As the battle for Peleliu dragged on, the Marines began to wonder if anyone would leave the island alive.
Eugene Bondurant Sledge (also known as "Sledgehammer" and/or "E.
The battle for Peleliu was supposed to be quick and easy.
This video biography about Eugene Sledge - author of With the Old Breed - uses archival war footage (from the U.
Climbers reach the top of Mount Everest on the 10th of May, 1996 a little late.
In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first two people known to scale the summit of Mt.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who first publicly spoke-out against Adolf Hitler soon after his rise to power, was hanged in April of 1945 for allegedly taking ...
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