Scientist Percy Julian overcomes racial barriers, Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her bus seat months before Rosa Parks’s famous protest, and Joe Louis fights German boxer Max Schmeling. Featuring…
The U.S. reluctantly accepts the Statue of Liberty, Sybil Ludington goes on an epic ride to warn of a British attack, and journalist Nellie Bly infiltrates a corrupt mental institution….
Alan Freed becomes one of the first radio DJs to broadcast rock ’n’ roll, Kris Kristofferson gets his big break with some help from his hero, Johnny Cash, and Sylvia…