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First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.

Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery.

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium.

On "The Studs Terkel Program," which was heard on Chicago's fine arts radio station WFMT from 1952 to 1997, Terkel interviewed Chicagoans and national and international figures who helped shape the past century.

In March, 1993, LeAlan Jones, 13, and Lloyd Newman, 14, collaborated with public radio producer David Isay to produce the radio documentary Ghetto Life 101, the audio diaries...

Sullenberger had less than three minutes to plan and execute the water landing hailed around the world as the miracle on the Hudson last winter.

Google will be hosting Dong Hyuk Shin, a 26-year-old North Korean defector born and raised in a concentration camp.

Since 1992, Bill Moyers has been following the story of two ordinary, hard-working families in Milwaukee -- one black, one white -- as they battle to keep from sliding into poverty.

Christiane Amanpour's full interview with Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai at 92Y. Intro by U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power.

In 1994, Lizbeth Meredith said good-bye to her four- and six year-old daughters for a visit with their noncustodial father only to learn days later that they had been kidnapped and taken to their father's home country of Greece.