african americans

With Harriet Tubman as her guide, Cassie retraces the steps escaping slaves took on the Underground Railroad in order to reunite with her younger brother.

Continuing a tradition that started in Africa, Grandma teaches Keisha how to weave a basket from South Carolina sweet grass.

Presents a volume of pourquoi tales collected by Zora Neale Hurston from her field research in the Gulf states in the 1920s.

Describes a typical day in the life of James Forten, a man born in Philadelphia to free African-American parents, who learned to be a sailmaker, and later became a wealthy, respected businessman with his own shop.

When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.

In this retelling of a folktale, five Africans escape the horrors of slavery by simply disappearing into thin air.

Introduces the history, customs, meaning, and celebration of Kwanzaa.

Although his brother's friends make fun of it, Little Bill, an African-American boy, is very proud of the toy boat he has built and very upset when it is wrecked the first time he puts it in the water.

Two black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.

Two young sisters decide that while running away can be adventurous it is much more fun to come home.