American biographies

A biography of the African American poet Langston Hughes.

A biography of Geronimo, Apache warrior, discussing how he fought against the United States Army's forced relocation of the American Indians and evaded capture.

Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that provide brief biographical sketches of important American scientists, from Louis Agassiz to Ahmed Zewail and others.

A biography of the Medgar Evers, African American civil rights leader, discussing his childhood in Mississippi, his work speaking out for civil rights, and his assassination and the resulting trial.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of this great Mexican American and labor leader.

Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of more than 260 American novelists, short story writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and nonfiction authors of diverse ethnicity from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, providing further reading lists for each; and includes three subject indexes.