A brief biography of teacher, author, and civil rights worker Mary McLeod Bethune, who tirelessly worked to improve education for African-American girls and women.
An introduction for young readers to the African-American scientist George Washington Carver, whose research in the late 1800s produced agricultural innovations and applications for the peanut.
Introduces children to the life of author Roald Dahl, discussing his childhood, years in the Royal Air Force, most popular stories, the medical device he helped invent, and other related topics.
A brief biography of Mother Teresa, who left the convent in 1948 to set up the Missionaries of Charity in India to help feed, clothe, and provide medical care to the poor.
A brief biography of Mohandas Gandhi, who encouraged the poor people of India to stand up against the cruelty and injustice imposed upon them by the British.
A brief profile of Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist who inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white person.
An introduction to the life of Nelson Mandela, the South African president, who spent twenty-seven years in prison for speaking out against discrimination in his country.
