Portrays the life of this multi-faceted African-American poet, author, and educator.

Explores the life and career of Jackie Robinson, from his childhood in Pasadena, California, through his struggles with prejudice and discrimination, to his success as a major league baseball player.

Profiles the dynamic man who began life as a slave and became an artist, agriculturist, university professor, and public speaker who addressed the House Ways and Means Committee on the issue of import tariffs in 1921.

Profiles the life of one of the most popular and acclaimed dancers and choreographers in the world.

Provides a portrait of Rosa Parks, the African-American woman best known for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, at the beginning of the civil rights movement.

"Read about eight important civil rights leaders including: W.E.B. Du Bois, Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Farmer, Malcolm X, John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Thurgood Marshall"--

W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most prolific African-American authors, scholars, and leaders of the twentieth century. In this book, Alexander traces the development of Du Bois' thought over time. "W. E.B. Du Bois was one of the most prolific African American authors, scholars, and leaders of the twentieth century, but none of his previous biographies have so practically and comprehensively introduced the man and his impact on American history as...

Madam C. J. Walker is reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the Civil War, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty, Walker spent the first decades of her life as a laundress. By the time of her death in 1919, however, Walker had refashioned herself into one of the most famous African American figures in the nation: the owner and president of a hair-care empire...