Schroeder, Alan

Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.

A biography of the renowned American author focusing on the many adventures of his short, turbulent life and their reflection in his novels and stories.

In this variation on the Cinderella story, based on the Charles Perrault version but set in the Smoky Mountains, Rose loses her glass slipper at a party given by the rich feller on the other side of the creek.

Examines the life and achivements of early-twentieth-century African-American leader Booker T. Washington, discussing his founding of the Tuskegee Institute, his work to encourage African-Americans to improve themselves through education and industry, and the criticisms of those who believed he was too accommodating of racists.

Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

A biography of the actor who died in a car accident at the age of twenty-four and is known for his roles in "East of Eden" and "Rebel without a cause.".

A fictional recreation of the youth of trumpeter Louis Armstrong in New Orleans.

A young girl describes the music she hears in the cries of various vendors on the streets of Charleston, South Carolina.

Discusses the life, career, and creative contributions of the actor and comedian.

Examines the life of the African-American educator who rose from slavery to found Tuskegee Institute.