Personal journey as a weaver and advocate for community connection

Character-driven approach to writing and creating relatable protagonists

Gordon Parks' humanity and ability to connect across social boundaries

Factors contributing to rising isolation and distrust in American society

Mother's and aunt's unfulfilled ambitions channeled through a child performer

Efforts to document and address child hunger in rural and urban communities

Bryan Stevenson's museum and memorial as a means of confronting racial history

Family intervention addressing mother's alcoholism and path to sobriety

Simple rules that allow communities to form and thrive together

Jim Foley's drive to take action and help people in conflict zones

Mother's sacrifices affirmed by her sons' academic and personal accomplishments

Meacham's drive, sense of redemption, and optimistic view of American history

Parks' evolving approach to collaborative and intimate documentary photography

Gordon Parks' use of color photography to humanize Jim Crow-era subjects

Gordon Parks' formative experience with the Farm Security Administration and its impact on his approach to photography

Art as a path to inner freedom and gratitude for what remains

Focus on exposing misogyny and interconnected forms of oppression through writing

Relationship with Jim Foley and attempts to dissuade him from returning to conflict zones

Personal trauma as a catalyst for community service and healing

Parallels between historical and contemporary white backlash against civil rights gains

Hearing Jim's voice in a propaganda video after two years of silence

Exploring Our Common Nature and humanity's connection to the environment

King's natural personality and ease with ordinary people

Bryan Stevenson's liturgy of litigation as a form of redemption

Responding to critics who use King's personal life to denigrate his legacy

Visiting and caring for ailing mentors Morris Udall and Barry Goldwater