The sweep of family history across the generations
It was a signature moment of the turbulent 1960s. Walter, 18, and Dan, 15, were there in Chicago, working as messengers for the Eugene McCarthy campaign.
Isetta Stetson descended from early Massachusetts colonists, going all the way back to the Mayflower on one side. Nine generations later, her midwestern parents still upheld Yankee values
From civil rights to war resistance to arms control, Ruby family members embraced liberal social causes
Three brothers of the Kleemann family from the Weinberg district of 19th century Danzig operated a coffee and tea import business. Hugo Lewi married into the family and was a dealer in military effects.
In 1907, Moritz Feidt built a department store in Berlin Stieglitz. It still stands today
Stanley Ruby entered the public debate over nuclear missile technology in 1968-69.