afro-americans

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
afro-americans

Keisha discovers Harlem

1998
While trying to find a topic for her school assignment, Keisha visits Ellie's attic and discovers the excitement of the music and writing that flourished among African Americans in Harlem during the 1920s.

Colin Powell

1992
Examines the life and career of the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, focusing on his role during the Persian Gulf War.

The stories Julian tells

1987
Relates episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend.

Mahalia Jackson

born to sing gospel music
1985
A biography of the renowned gospel singer who hoped, through her art, to break down some of the barriers between black and white people.

Journey to the end of the earth

2000
In 1906, while visiting his journalist uncle in California, thirteen-year-old Jerry hears the San Francisco earthquake predicted at preacher William Seymour's Pentecostal mission, sees the ensuing destruction, and learns the power of the Holy Ghost.

The forty-acre swindle

2000
When his father tries to save the family farm in Alabama in 1898 by following the advice of George Washington Carver, fourteen-year-old Jesse struggles to help in his own way.

Martin Luther King, Jr. :People who have helped the World

America's great nonviolent leader in the struggle for human rights
1988
Recounts the life of Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - afro-americans