Profiles Cornel West, a scholar in African-American Studies who has taught at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, and written many books including "Race Matters."
A biography of the noted literary historian, critic, author, and scholar who taught at many leading universities before becoming head of the African American Studies department at Harvard.
A biography of African American lawyer Benjamin Hooks, who continues to speak and teach about racial justice and equality since his 1992 retirement from the position of executive director of the NAACP.
Profiles the first African-American woman to serve in the United States Senate, Carol Moseley-Braun, who represented the state of Illinois from 1992 through 1998.