Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples

This book is filled with fascinating stories, from the night a shy young woman's play changed Broadway to the day the most successful talk show host in history got her start.

African Americans have participated in all of the country's major conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to the present.

On November 4, 2008, Americans went to the polls and elected the first black president in the history of the United States.

Many people dream of owning their own business or making it to the top of the corporate ladder.

African-American Writers and Journalists spans nearly three centuries of literary and journalistic history, from a long-unpublished ballad composed in the 1740s by a slave named Lucy Terry to the works of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison.

Some of them were elementary school dropouts.

African Americansfamous and anonymous alikehave helped shape popular musical genres ranging from jazz and blues to rock 'n' roll and rap.

Without education, it's very difficult to make the most of your talents and abilities.

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An immense land, China is approximately the same size as the United States.

Have you ever seen the boisterous lion dances or heard the multitude of firecrackers in Chinatown during the Chinese New Year?

Over the centuries, Chinese civilization has produced many important inventions and innovations, including paper, printing, porcelain, the magnetic compass, and gunpowder.

China is one of the world's oldest uninterrupted civilizations, and the essential culture and identity of the Chinese people--the Chinese Way--was formed more than 2,000 years ago.

In the last few decades, more and more people are going to college to further their education.

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For decades, television news remained dominated by white, male faces.

On December 1, 1955, 42-year-old Rosa Parks became the "e;Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"e; in America by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

From quilts to marble, from comic strips to welded steel, African Americans have created exciting works of art for more than a hundred years.

The Civil War finally ended slavery in the United States in 1865.

Special days are times for fun and togetherness.

Have you heard of Anansi, the mischief-making spider from Africa?

Do you know who started the first volunteer fire company in the United States?

On March 24, 2002, Halle Berry made history.

Derek Jeter's career with the New York Yankees started in style.

Alicia Keys has dominated hip-hop and R&B music since first bursting onto the scene in 2001.

Maybe you've eaten fresh soybeansbut you probably eat a lot more soybeans than you think.

Few writers have had nearly the same effect on the English language as William Shakespeare.

Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates' ideas on how people should discuss, think about, and solve complicated problems have influenced centuries of thinkers in politics, law, and philosophy.

Driven by a love of God and a desire to help make life better for the poor and the sick, Mother Teresa worked for her entire life to change the world for the better.

Gandhi's use of nonviolence to change his country inspired the world.

Confucius was a teacher and philosopher living in fifth-century China.

For many high school graduates, college is a way to get ahead, but going to college is not the only way for young adults to succeed.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in building the foundation of our current scientific knowledge.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including by creating new and incredible inventions.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of space exploration.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of physics.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of medicine.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of information technology.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the environmental sciences.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of engineering.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of chemistry.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of anthropology, the study of people.

While African religions are as diverse as the continent itself, most Africans can be placed in one of three groups: followers of traditional religions, Islam, or Christianity.

Desperate poverty is perhaps the greatest challenge facing Africa.

Africa is the worlds poorest continent, and it also has the worlds fastest-growing population.

Africa is the only continent where poverty levels have risen in recent decades, and many of its countries suffer from humanitarian crises, political unrest, or both.

Islam is considered the worlds fastest-growing religion, and today more than 420 million Africans follow the Islamic faith.

Human rights are the fundamental freedoms and privileges to which every individual is entitled.

Much of modern Africa struggles with poverty, famine, widespread disease, and violent conflict.

Many of the problems in Africa today, including widespread poverty and civil unrest, can be traced to the continents legacy of bad governance.