A brief biography of the clergyman, civil rights worker, legislator, first African American United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and current Mayor of Atlanta.
Follows the life and career of Chicago's first African-American mayor, assessing his impact as lawyer, state representative,state senator, mayor, and national leader.
A biography of the Texas lawyer and teacher who, among other achievements, served three terms in the House of Representatives, the first African-American woman ever to be elected to that office from the South.