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The civil rights pioneer, who had been barred from attending college by Gov. Wallace, was the first African-American graduate of the University of Alabama.

America's relationship with China is drawing renewed attention from the Bush administration. China is a growing economic power and is well along with a military modernization effort. What are China's ultimate intentions?

U.S. forces launch a new counter-insurgency operation west of Baghdad, while a car bomb explodes at the entrance of the Green Zone in the capital. With just 10 days before Iraqis vote on a draft constitution, political fights about the rules of the vote and the wording of the document itself rage on.

Last month, her house under Katrina's floodwaters, Sharon White was determined to go home again. On Wednesday, the New Orleans evacuee got her first look at the severe damage done to her property.

The eagerly anticipated third opera from John Adams, Doctor Atomic, premiered Oct. 1 at the San Francisco Opera. Based on Richard Rhodes' book The Making of the Atomic Bomb, the new opera focuses on physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the project he led in creating the first atomic bomb.

Karen Grigsby Bates talks to Jeff Stone, author of The Five Ancestors — a multi-book saga for young adults that follows the adventures of five boys raised in a Buddhist monastery. They avenge the destruction of their temple and the murder of its abbot using kung fu martial art skills.

Singer June Carter Cash was a Grammy-winning singer, a songwriter, musician, actress and author. She was married to Johnny Cash, and she came from the Carter Family, the country music pioneers. She died of complications from heart surgery at age 73, just four months before Johnny Cash died. This interview originally aired on June 19, 1987.

Alan Cheuse reviews George Saunders's first full-length novel, a political satire called The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil. At only 130 pages, including illustrations, the book is nonetheless a scathingly funny indictment of American politics.

CBS and NBC have joined ABC in making some TV shows available to viewers on demand. But for TiVo and other digital video recorder users, this is nothing new. And since each network's deal is with a different provider, is this big news for the average viewer without a DVR?

General Motors has announced that it will cut 30,000 jobs by 2008. Now, its workers are coming to grips with the idea that they may lose their jobs, and questions remain about how much the cuts will help the struggling automaker going forward. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports.