When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
African-American Dorie Miller works in the West Virgina's galley, but when the bombs fall, he assists the ship's captain, fires a machine gun and earn...
From young to old work was the way to success, according to Soviet Dictators.
The Douglass family moves to Washington, D.C. in 1870 and buys the Cedar Hill estate, breaking the neighborhood's "whites only" rule.
Even though the Irish Constitution states that families have rights, it does not change.
Anthony lives in a Quaker home that believes in equal rights, hard work, and education.
Ed Viesturs is an expert climber who reaches the summit of all the world's 14 mountains higher than 8,000 feet.
Edward Bushell holds firm on his verdict, in favor of William Penn, and his own case (based on a Writ of Habeas Corpus) changes the law for future jur...
Starving families, with no home, walk the roads to nowhere until they die.
Queen Elizabeth visits the British camp at West Tilbury and delivers a memorable speech to rally her troops.
Read a poem about the life of Emily Hilscher, a 19 year-old freshman in Animal and Poultry Sciences.
The "Underground Railroad", a network of routes, safe houses, and people, helps many slaves escape.
With help from his future wife and friends, Fred escapes to the free state of New York and takes the name Frederick Douglass.
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