20th Century: 100 Influential People

If you had to select 100 Americans who most affected life in the 20th century, who would you choose? Millenium 2000---20th Century America: 100 Influential People takes a look at 100 Americans who greatly influenced life during the century that brought the United States to the world's center stage, a century that has been called the "American century." From Woodrow Wilson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jane Addams to Frank Lloyd Wright, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Wright Brothers, this group includes leaders from all sectors of American life. A short biography offers detail on the successes, breakthroughs, and occasional failures of these 100 luminaries. This thought-provoking look at 20th century America is sure to be reviewed, discussed, and debated as we approach the next 100 years.