Preface: about democracy and its struggles. Feature: building America -- The making of a president -- A major leaguer -- A (very short) history of 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. Feature: Jim Crow in the far North -- Linda Brown, and others. Feature: getting integrated -- MLKs, senior and junior -- Rosa Parks was tired -- Three boys and six girls -- Passing the torch. Feature: a solitary child -- 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. Feature: an unwilling guest at the Hanoi Hilton -- Lyndon in trouble. Feature: a farming village in Vietnam -- Friedan, Schlafly, and friends -- As important as the cotton gin -- Picking and picketing -- These are the times that try men's souls. Feature: Civil rights for Native Americans -- Up to the mountain -- A new kind of power -- The counter culture rocks -- Nixon : Vietnam, China, and Watergate. Feature: technology, invention, DNA -- 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 -- The land that never has been yet.