May 1, 1992 -King makes an emotional plea for calm, “People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids?” August 4, 1992 -A federal grand jury returns indictments against Koon, Powell, Wind, an...
Cathy Freeman, sprinter who excelled in the 400-metre dash and who at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney became the first Australian Aboriginal person to win an individual gold medal. Learn more about Freeman’s life and career, including her other medals and t
Cathy Freeman: The Heart of a Nation; Maureen O’Toole: A First and Last Chance; and Steven Redgrave: A Rower’s Life. Athens 2004 More than 20 athletes were disqualified at the Athens Games after they failed tests for performance-enhancing drugs, and controversies over scoring in gymnastics...
Walden, series of 18 essays by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1854 and considered his masterwork. An important contribution to New England Transcendentalism, the book was a record of Thoreau’s experiment in simple living on Walden Pond in Massachuset