American profiles

Chronicles the lives and works of 10 prominent writers of African descent.

Describes the lives and achievements of eight of the most important inventors of the nineteenth century, including Edison, Fulton, Hollerith, and McCormick.

Profiles nine women of various ethnic backgrounds who settled on the Western frontier, describing their challenges and achievements.

Introduces nine prosecutors and defense attorneys and tells the stories of the landmark cases they argued on issues concerning abortion, civil rights, flag burning, Native American rights, rape, evolution, school desegration, and war crimes.

Profiles the lives and achievements of nine pioneers in American aviation, including the Wright brothers, Glenn Curtiss, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and Chuck Yeager.

An introduction to eight men and women whose passion for teaching revolutionized American education and, through education, the whole society.

Profiles the lives and careers of ten Hispanic-Americans whose research has influenced scientific learning in the late twentieth century.

Profiles the lives and achievements of ten American women scientists, including Annie Jump Cannon, Margaret Mead, and Rachel Carson.

Provides accounts of ten significant twentieth-century inventions and the people behind them, including the Wright brothers and their airplane, Robert Goddard and his rocket, and Gordon Gould and his laser.

Profiles the lives and achievements of nine civil rights leaders, including Ida B. Wells, A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Fannie Lou Hamer.