Table of Contents
Introduction
Confrontations for Justice
- John Lewis
March from Selma to Montgomery, "Bloody Sunday," 1965 - Mr. Beverly Jones
Susan B. Anthony at the Voting Polls, 1872
Scenes From Hell
- Gen. George Washington
A Threat of Bioterrorism, 1775 - Herb Morrison
Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 - Marie Adams
Internment of American Civilians in the Philippines, 1945 - Pfc. Harold Porter
Atrocities at Dachau Concentration Camp, 1945 - Comdr. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
Report from Inside a Hanoi Prison, 1966
Free at Last
Passing of an Era
- Theodore Joslin
President Herbert Hoover's Last Days in Office, 1933 - George H.W. Bush
President Richard Nixon’s Last Hours in Office, 1974
Fallen Leaders
- Robert King Stone
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, 1865 - Lady Bird Johnson
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 1963
Leaders in Crisis
- Pres. Harry S. Truman
First Meeting with Soviet Marshal Joseph Stalin, 1945 - Alonzo Fields
Dinner for the President and His Advisors, 1950 - President John F. Kennedy
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
War at Sea
- Lt. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.
Sinking of the USS Cumberland, 1862 - Kapitänleutnant Walter Schwieger
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, 1915
Personal Encounters
- John Adams
Audience with King George III, 1785 - Rose Kennedy
Ambassador & Mrs. Joseph Kennedy at Windsor Castle, 1938 - President Jimmy Carter
Pope John Paul II’s Visit to the White House, 1979