McKissack, Pat

Tricia Ann experiences the humiliation of segregation as she ventures out into Nashville by herself in the 1950s, but bolstered by the love, respect, and pride of her grandmother and other elders, she continues on to reach "Someplace Special"--the public library where all are welcome.

Grandma Gee shares with her grandchildren her experiences in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1960, when she passed out flyers while her cousins and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.

A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

A history of African-American pilots with a focus on World War II.

Houston struggles to adhere to the strange rules of his universe and hide the fact that he is a cyborg from the government, which uses laws to torment the citizens--and the cyborgs in particular.

On the run from a bounty hunter who arrested her mother for being part of a secret society devoted to freeing clones, thirteen-year-old Leanna learns amazing truths about herself and her family as she is forced to consider the value of freedom and what it really means to be human in 2170 America.

Traces the life and achievements of the African-American educator who fought bigotry and racial injustice and sought equality for Blacks in the areas of education and political rights.

Tells the story of the African-American singer who struggled against prejudice to become one of the great opera performers of the century.

Describes the life of the African-American laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life of Langston Hughes, the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the African-American experience.