
American Portraits Narrative List
IDENTITY: OUR ANSWER TO THE QUESTION “WHO AM I?”
- George Washington’s Finest Hour: The Newburgh Conspiracy and Identity
- Edward R. Murrow: In His Own Words
- I WILL BE HEARD: William Lloyd Garrison, Abolitionism, Colonization, and Identity
- The Gospel of Wealth: Andrew Carnegie, Philanthropy, and Identity
- Frederick Douglass and Identity: Resurrection to the Heaven of Freedom
- Four Score and Seven Years Ago: The Gettysburg Address and American Identity
- I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. and Identity
- We Hold These Truths: Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence, and Identity
- A Self‐Made Man: The Story of Thurgood Marshall
- Roger Williams: Man of the Word
- That Golden Moment: Jesse Owens and Identity
- On My Own Ground: Madam C.J. Walker and Identity
- The Diarist’s Identity: Mary Chesnut and her Civil War Diary
- You Felt He was Talking to You: FDR’s Fireside Chats and Identity
PURPOSE: OUR ANSWER TO THE QUESTION “WHAT ARE YOU FOR?”
- A Pox to You! Cotton Mather, the Inoculation Crisis, and Purpose
- Elizabeth Eckford, the Little Rock Nine, and Purpose
- Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Purpose
- John Deere: From Purpose to Prosperity
- Thomas Wilson Dorr: The Working Class Right to Vote
- Carrie Chapman Catt: The Woman of the Hour and Purpose
- Stephen Decatur and Purpose
- For Honor and Liberty’s Cause: Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary Leadership, and Purpose
- To Have a Voice: Tecumseh’s Purpose
- The Schechter Brothers’ Purpose
- Purpose and the Invention of Kevlar: Stephanie Kwolek
- He Snatched Lightning from the Sky and the Scepter from Tyrants: Benjamin Franklin, the Kite Experiment, and Purpose
- Thirteen Days: John F. Kennedy, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Purpose
- One Minute of Pain: Louis Zamperini, Iron Discipline, and Purpose
- A Project of Moral Perfection: Benjamin Franklin’s List of Virtues and Purpose
- Sitting Bull’s Purpose at Little Bighorn
RESPONSIBILITY: ACCOUNTABILITY TO MYSELF AND OTHERS
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: D-Day and Responsibility
- Asking Pardon of Men: Samuel Sewall and Responsibility
- Establishing a Government of Laws, Not Men: George Washington’s Retirement and Responsibility
- The Torch has Passed to a New Generation: John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address and Responsibility
- Tear Down This Wall: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and Responsibility
- Sergeant Alvin C. York’s Responsibility
- Jane Addams, Hull House, and Responsibility
- Taking Responsibility: Ida B. Wells and the Anti-Lynching Campaign
- Harriet Tubman: Follow the North Star to Freedom
- Jim Thorpe Chooses the Bright Path of Responsibility
- Varian Fry’s Grave Responsibility
- Defeating the Forces of Darkness: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Atlantic Charter, and Responsibility
- A Nation at Risk: Responsibility and the National Commission on Excellence in Education
- President Dwight Eisenhower, Responsibility, and Restraint of American Power
- The Angel of the Battlefield: Clara Barton and Responsibility
- No Man Is Above the Law: Mark Felt, Watergate, and Responsibility
INTEGRITY: PERSONAL CONSISTENCY IN MORAL GOODNESS
- Henry David Thoreau: What I Have to Do . . .
- George C. Marshall: In Peace and In War
- My Allegiance is to this Union: Henry Clay, Political Compromise, and Integrity
- Owen Lattimore and Integrity: A Very Interesting and Satisfying Life
- The Unshakeable Witness: Whittaker Chambers and Integrity
- Jeannette Rankin: Nothing Left but My Integrity
- Robert Carter III and Integrity
- Breaking the Heart of the World: Henry Cabot Lodge, the Treaty of Versailles, and Integrity
- No! No! Not a Sixpence! The XYZ Affair and Integrity
- Calvin Coolidge, Reducing the Debt, and Integrity
- The Sage of Concord: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Integrity
- The Case of Max Morris and Urban Renewal: Integrity in Washington, D.C.
- David Lucas’ Beachfront Property and Integrity
- Harry Truman, the Firing of Douglas MacArthur, and Integrity
- North or South: Robert E. Lee’s Fateful Decision
- Under My Vine and Fig Tree: George Washington’s Resignation and Integrity
COURAGE: THE CAPACITY TO OVERCOME FEAR IN ORDER TO DO GOOD
- Robert Gould Shaw’s Courageous Decision
- The Courage of General Anthony McAuliffe at Bastogne
- Washington’s Choice: The Crossing of the Delaware
- Fix Bayonets! Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s Courage at Gettysburg
- The Pilgrims’ Courageous Journey
- The Spirit of St. Louis: Charles Lindbergh and Courage
- One Giant Leap for Mankind: Neil Armstrong and Courage
- Number 42: Jackie Robinson and Courage
- Anne Hutchinson and Courage: In the Face of Adversity
- John Minor Wisdom: Dauntless Decision Maker
- The Dawn’s Early Light: The Defense of Fort McHenry and Courage
- Andrew Jackson’s Courageous Decision at New Orleans
- The Great Day in My Life: Theodore Roosevelt, the Charge at San Juan Hill, and Courage
- The Most Decorated American Soldier of World War II: Audie Murphy, World War II, and Courage
- We are Not Afraid and We Shall Overcome: The Freedom Rides and Courage
- The Courage of General Matthew Ridgway
SELF-SACRIFICE: TO EXCHANGE PERSONAL LOSS FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS
- Clement Laird Vallandigham: Resounding Silence
- Pat Tillman and Self-Sacrifice: A Different Direction
- Remember the Alamo! Davy Crockett and Self-Sacrifice
- Nothing Complicated About Ordinary Equality: Alice Paul and Self-Sacrifice
- Self-Sacrifice in a Firehouse on 9/11
- An Act of Supreme Valor: Michael Murphy and Self-Sacrifice
- John Basilone’s Sacrifice
- Flying High: Amelia Earhart and Self-Sacrifice
- You May Depend Upon My Exertions: Robert Morris, the Revolutionary War, and Self-Sacrifice
- They Were Superb: The 442nd Japanese‐American Unit in World War II and Self-Sacrifice
- The Selfless Defenders of Wake Island
- Fox Company at the Chosin Reservoir and Self-Sacrifice
- Loyal American: Fred Korematsu, Japanese Internment, and Self-Sacrifice
- Courage Under Fire: The Selfless Decision of John Robert Fox
- The Selfless Courage of the Doolittle Raiders
- Bringing an End to War: Paul Tibbets and the Decision to Drop the Atom Bomb
RESPECT: WHEN CIVILITY FLOWS FROM PERSONAL HUMILITY
- With Charity for All: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address and Respect
- Prevent Further Effusion of Blood: The Surrender at Appomattox and Respect
- The True Meaning of Democracy: Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Respect
- William Penn: Faith Not Force
- We Can Start to Work Together: Robert F. Kennedy, the 1968 Campaign, and Respect
- Dolley Madison’s Respect for Washington
- Treat All Men Alike: Chief Joseph and Respect
- In Her Weakness Made Strong: Esther Ross and Respect
- The Tuskegee Airmen: Defending and Improving the United States
- Bacon’s Rebellion and Respect
- Remember the Ladies: Abigail Adams and Respect
- John J. Pershing: Honoring the Fallen
- Respecting the Fallen at Andersonville Prison
JUSTICE: THE CAPACITY TO DETERMINE AND PRESERVE OUR COMMON RIGHTS
- John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trial
- Justice: John Quincy Adams and The Amistad
- Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Justice
- John Quincy Adams and His Struggle Against Slavery and the Gag Rule
- An Atrocious Debasement of Human Nature: Benjamin Franklin, the First Abolitionist Petitions, and Justice
- The Stronghold of the Fortress: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Women’s Rights, and Justice
- Conscience is the Most Sacred Property: James Madison, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Justice
- A Self-Evident Truth: Angelina Grimké and Justice
- Lee Yick: Equal Justice Under Law
- A Deep Stain on the American Character: John Marshall and Justice for Native Americans
- Bertrand DeBlanc’s Pursuit of Justice
- Barbara Jordan, Watergate, and Justice
- Justice Frank Murphy and Racial Prejudice: No Justifiable Part
- Activism through Literature: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Slavery, and Justice
- Oliver Otis Howard: Crusader for Justice
- Theodore Roosevelt: Warrior for Public Justice
DILIGENCE: INTRINSIC ENERGY FOR COMPLETING GOOD WORK
- To Accomplish the Most Good: Booker T. Washington’s Education
- The American Success Story of Alexander Hamilton and Diligence
- Champion of Liberty: James Madison and Diligence
- Selma to Montgomery Marchers: Crossing the Bridge
- The Diligence of Henry Ford
- Steve Jobs’ Diligence
- Great Falls, Great Beauty, Great Difficulty: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and Diligence
- Bird Woman’s River: Sacagawea’s Diligence in a Historic Journey
- The Regulars are Coming Out: Paul Revere and Diligence
- Henry Knox, the Guns of Ticonderoga, and Diligence
- It is a Fact Man Can’t Fly: The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk and Diligence
- Admiral of the Ocean Sea: Christopher Columbus and Diligence
- John Smith and Diligence
- Eli Whitney: Diligent Pioneer of Modern Industry
- Lighting the Way: Thomas Alva Edison and Diligence
- A Peaceful World: Eleanor Roosevelt, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Diligence