Haskins, James

Examines the life and work of the successful novelist, who became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

A history of African-American education, tracing the struggles of African-Americans for equal education rights from colonial times through the late twentieth century.

Profiles a variety of African-American entrepreneurs, from the early years, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to modern times.

Illustrations, maps, and photographs provide essential information on over thirty of Africa's most populous and well-known ethnic groups.

Discusses African American inventors and their contributions, including Benjamin Bradley, Madam Walker, and George Washington Carver.

Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas.

An historical account of the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War.