Arthur Ashe Ashe was diffident about his athletic fame. He said, “I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s... Read More
Hubert Humphrey: Happy Warrior A liberal icon who commanded affection and respect, but whose career was often marked by embarrassment and defeat. Read More
Fiorello La Guardia: The Little Flower For a dozen years, the diminutive dynamo, ruled New York City as a progressive Republican mayor. Read More
Daniel Boone:“Back-Woodsman of Kentucky” Few figures in American history are more enshrouded by myth and legend than Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer and woodsman. Read More
Mary McLeod Bethune A civil rights activist and educator whose parents had been slaves. As co-founder of the United Negro College Fund, she... Read More
“Bound to be True”:Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge The U.S. needed a pleasant distraction in 1865. It received one in the unlikely form of a children’s novel. Read More
Rachel Carson: Not So Silent "Silent Spring" has become a kind of biblical text for the environmental movement. Read More
Harry Hopkins: Chief Apostle of the New Deal Special to the Newsletter by Michael F. Bishop Read More
