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Examines the life and accomplishments of the African-American writer, performer, and teacher, and covers her impact on literature and culture.

A biography of the African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, discussing her role in creating opportunities for African-Americans in education and government.

Provides an introduction to the involvement of women in the civil rights movement and short profiles of people involved in the movement.

Chronicles the life of civil rights advocate and suffragist Ida B. Wells, examining her campaign against lynching, her work as a journalist, and her experiences in Chicago politics.

Text and accompanying photographs describe the life of the black woman journalist who was born into slavery and conducted a lifelong crusade for the civil rights of various minorities.

Tells the stories of some of the African-American women who played major roles in the Civil Rights Movement, as founders, lawyers, leaders, and behind-the-scenes workers.

Profiles Rosa Parks, who, in 1955 Alabama, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus, and thereby sparked the bus boycott that made Martin Luther King, Jr., famous and helped end the Jim Crow laws.

A biography of the African-American lawyer and social reformer who is known for her work on behalf of children's rights.

The sixth in Maya Angelou's autobiographical series, beginning in 1964 when she returned to the U.S. from Africa to work with Malcolm X, discussing her reaction to his assassination, her firsthand view of the Watts riots, her subsequent work with Martin Luther King Jr., and the impact of his death on her life and career.