People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
DVD boxcover image of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Memories and Perspectives video.
The Mayflower Compact—Cornerstones of Freedom, by Melissa Whitcraft, is about the Pilgrims' voyage to America and the colony they established (a...
Image depicts the illustration that was used opposite the title page of Equiano's autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equi...
Theo van Gogh (Vincent's brother) married Johanna in December of 1888. They had a son - Vincent - but were separated by Theo's death in January ...
Theodore Roosevelt's first wife, Alice, died on Valentine's Day, 1884. The image depicts his diary entry for that day: The light has go...
The author of Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World calls the stand of Leonidas and his men, at Thermopylae, "a suicidally defining stan...
Bookcover image of The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy: The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on the Army of Northern Virgin...
This sheet music, of the "Star-Spangled Banner," is from the nineteenth-century. The poem, by Francis Scott Key, was set to the music of a popul...
Because police and politicians in Chicago were not able to stop all the gang-related crime which was happening in their city, a group of people though...
A group of six people first approached the federal government to try and do what the local police and authorities were unwilling to do in Chicago:&nbs...
The governments list of witnesses, including Beverly W. Jones. Click on the image for a clearer view.
Thomas Jefferson wrote many, many letters during his lifetime. On September 6, 1819, he wrote to Spencer Roane. This image depicts that le...
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