Preface: About democracy and struggles
Feature: Building America
The making of a president
A (very short) history of Russia
Feature: Israel and an American peacemaker
Houses, kids, cars, and fast food
Feature: Jim Crow in the far north
Feature: Getting integrated
Feature: A solitary child
Being president isn't easy
Some brave children meet a roaring bull
The biggest vote in history
A King gets a prize and goes to jail
Feature: An unwilling guest at the Hanoi Hilton
Feature: A farming village in Vietnam
Friedan, Schlafly, and friends
As important as the cotton gin
"These are times that try men's souls"
Feature: Civil rights for Native Americans
Nixon: Vietnam, China, and Watergate
Feature: Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo
A congressman and a peanut farmer
Feature: The new technology
Feature: Picturing ourselves
The land that never has been yet
Feature: Covering up...or just plain lying
Electing the 21st century's first president
Feature: Watch that briefcase!
Catastrophe, war, and a new century
New York and the American way
A very brief history of a very complex place
Feature: Joining the Supremes
Where are we going? It's up to us
Feature: A call to action