A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

MOHANDAS K. GANDHI: (1869 - 1948) Indian nationalist and spiritual leader considered the father of his country, Gandhi's philosophy of passive r...

THOMAS MERTON: (1915 - 1968) American Roman Catholic monk and writer whose autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, became a bestseller. Excessively

REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING: (1929 - 1968) Clergyman and civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent but active and massive confrontation in order to obt

REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING: (1929 - 1968) Clergyman and civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent but active and massive confrontation in order to obt

JOHN PAUL II: (b. 1920) Polish Pope and the first non-Italian to be elevated to the papacy in 455 years. Nice S.P. "Joannes Paulus PP II" ...

JOHN PAUL II: (b. 1920) Polish Pope and the first non-Italian to be elevated to the papacy in 455 years. S.P. "Jan Paul PP II" 5" x 7...

PIUS VII: (1742 - 1823) Pope from who Napoleon seized his crown at Napoleon's crowning, lost several provinces to the French and was actually he...

CARDINAL ROBERTO BELLARMINO: (1542 - 1621) Celebrated Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal, involved in the conflict between Galileo and the ecclesi

MARY MACLEOD BETHUNE: (1875 - 1955) Prominent early black civil rights activist who, as the first black woman to head a federal office, created Frankl

HELEN KELLER: (1880 - 1968) American author who overcame her lack of sight, speech and hearing to write inspirational accounts of her life. Exceptiona