afro-americans

A biography of the Canadian-born black American who studied engineering in Scotland and patented over fifty inventions despite the obstacles he faced because of his race.

Chronicles the experiences of the first Africans in the New World and the roles they played in the new societies.

Spunky eleven-year-old Charlie hopes to understand her rigid father by finding out everything she can about the Vietnam War, the war that let him survive but killed his dreams.

Opens with a horrifying scene of mob violence then chronicles its genesis in a small all-black town in rural Oklahoma.

A little boy yearns for a lunch box, even though he hasn't started school yet.

Biography of talk-show host Oprah Winfrey.

Discusses the life and work of the noted black writer.

A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts.

While helping restore the cemetery of the old Baptist church, eleven-year-old Raisin solves the mystery surrounding the founding of her home town and gains pride in her family's past.