african american legislators

Profiles politician John Lewis, an early civil rights leader who participated in the famed March on Selma and went on to become a U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district.

"A picture book biography of John Roy Lynch, one of the first African-Americans elected into the United States Congress"--Provided by publisher.

A graphic novel account of some pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.

"Provides an in-depth look at the inspiration, achievements, and successes that have defined one of the world's best-known people, Barack Obama. Intended for fourth to sixth grade students"--.

A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.

Graphic memoir that brings to life a vivid portrait of the civil rights era.

Contains the annotated, unabridged texts of twenty-one speeches delivered by Illinois senator and President Barack Obama between 2002 and 2008, and includes profiles of Barack and Michelle Obama, and a summary of his policy positions.

J. C. Watts, Jr., the first African-American Republican elected to Congress from a southern state since Reconstruction, shares the story of his life, discussing his upbringing in a strongly Democratic family and community, the factors that led him to switch to the Republican Party, and his career as a politician.