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 Bagstogne
• 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