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A profile of National Medal of Arts-winner N. Scott Momaday, the Kiowa novelist, short-story writer, essayist and poet. His 1968 novel "House Made of Dawn" won the Pulitzer Prize and helped Native American literature breakthrough to the mainstream.

Discover the art world giant whose color fields changed art history, and now fetch millions.

Discover the life of charismatic Puerto Rican actor Raul Julia, known for his versatile roles.

Explore the legacy of the feminist author who transformed U.S. literature with her science fiction.

Follow the journey of one of the greatest choral music conductors in the world, Robert Shaw.

Explore the six-decade career of four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally.

A profile of the conductor, his work with the civil rights movement, and his musical legacy.

The life and work of Garry Winogrand (1928-84), the epic storyteller in pictures who harnessed the serendipity of the streets to capture the American 1960s-70s. His "snapshot aesthetic" has become the universal language of contemporary image making.

A profile of Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911). A journalist who became a media mogul with an outspoken, cantankerous editorial voice and two best-selling newspapers, he championed what he regarded as the sacred role of the free press in a democracy

Experience the power of song in the fight for equality through the feminist singer-activist's story.

See how country star Charley Pride used music to triumph over prejudice and injustice.

The talented entertainer strove to achieve the American Dream in a time of racial prejudice.

A profile of molecular biologist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA. In 1962, Watson shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, who, with Rosalind Franklin, provided the data on which the structure was based.