african americans

Zellie faces a difficult decision that could cost her a job when her boss, the owner of a boarding house for the girls employed in the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, asks her to spy on the young workers.

Chronicles the life of former slave and famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, focusing on the qualities and achievements that made him a hero.

Ten biographies of African American lawyers, including Charles Hamilton Houston, William Henry Hastie, Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley, Benjamin Hooks, Douglas Wilder, Barbara Jordan, Johnnie Cochran, Marian Wright Edelman, and Carol Moseley-Braun.

A biography of a man born into slavery in South Carolina who became a master bridge builder and, during Reconstruction, served in the Alabama state legislature.

In the summer of 1964, a thirteen-year-old white boy whose best friend is black is caught in the middle when civil rights workers and Ku Klux Klan members clash in a small town near Tupelo, Mississippi.

A biography of Mahalia Jackson, who helped to introduce gospel music to the world and inspired the civil rights workers of the 1960s.

Provides a brief introduction to the life and career of African-American baseball player James "Cool Papa" Bell.

Her loving relationship with the black woman who works for her family and her friendship with two black neighbors in the small Mississippi town where she grows up in the 1950s and 1960s brings Teddy into conflict with her racist father, a member of the local Ku Klux Klan.

Biography of A. Philip Randolph, famous for helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Explores the life and career of Barbara Jordan, from her childhood in Houston, through her distinguished career in public office, to her powerful influence as a speaker.