Dr. J's American Passages

The beginning of social work and social reform in America.

An aAmerican born teen wishes to change the name his Indian-born parents gave him

Guided by the Inner Light of the Quakers, John Woolman in the mid-1700s begins is work as an abolitionist against slavery.

A man faces bleak Christmas memories.

On the American frontier the rifle must yield to the law even when carried by such a likeable guy as Natty Bumppo.

Frederick Douglass tells of the first book he read, The columbian Orator. What we can learn about what books should be taught in schools and what books should be in libraries. The importance of books and the importance of libraries and librarians.

Should America be a land of religious liberty? or should it be the land of God's chosen people?

A family in the 1950s visits the beach, with a storm in the offing.

Ben Franklin provides a model for becoming part of ghte 10%.

European maturity and American immaturity as they relates to sexuality and feminism