Ferris, Jeri

A biography of the Afro- American farmer and selftaught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.

A biography of African-American explorer Matthew Henson, discussing his work as assistant to Robert E. Peary, and his role in Peary's attempts to reach the North Pole.

A biography of the African-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.

The African-American whose career precipitated several watershed events in the civil rights movement is eloquently portrayed in this Triblazer biography.

A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground Railroad.

Traces of life of the Black woman orator who spoke out against slavery throughout New England and the Midwest.

A biography of the Black explorer who discovered the North Pole.

Presents a biography of Noah Webster, chronicling his adult life and outlining the events that led up to his creation of the first American English dictionary.