Week of May 5, 1986
Robert Barnes, a U.S. Department of Education official, releases a study finding that about 1 in 8 American adults has serious literacy problems. The study dispels the notion that less than 1% of adults are illiterate and shows that most poor readers are under 50, not older, as was once believed.
Photos of events and people throughout the century that have us remembering the past and shaping the future