The making of a president -- A major leaguer -- A (very short) history or Russia -- A curtain of iron -- The Marshall plan -- A "lost" election -- Spies -- Tail Gunner Joe -- Liking Ike -- Houses, kids, cars, and fast food -- French Indochina -- Separate but unequal -- Linda Brown, and others -- MLKs, senior and junior -- Rosa Parks was tired -- Three boys and six girls -- Passing the torch -- Being President isn't easy -- Some brave children meet a roaring bull -- Standing with Lincoln -- The President's number -- LBJ -- The biggest vote in history -- Salt and pepper the kids -- A king gets a prize and goes to jail -- From Selma to Montgomery -- War in Southeast Asia -- Lyndon in trouble -- Friedan, Schlafly, and friends -- As important as the cotton gin -- Picking and picketing -- These are the times that try men's souls -- Up to the mountain -- A new kind of power -- The counterculture rocks -- Nixon, Vietnam, China, and Watergate -- A congressman and a peanut farmer -- Taking a leading role -- Living on the edge -- The end of the Cold War -- A quilt, not a blanket -- Is it me or we? -- The land that never has been yet -- A boy from hope -- Politics and values -- Electing the 21st century's first president -- Of colleges and courts -- Big ideas -- Catastrophe, war, and a new century -- New York and the American way -- Best in US (and some civics) -- Religious freedom, it's freedom to think for yourself.