Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

When the school in Mayfield Crossing is closed, the students are sent to larger schools, where the black children encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Only baseball seems a possibility for drawing people together.

Examines the history behind Juneteenth, a holiday celebrated each year on June 19 in honor of the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas finally received the news that they were free.

An illustrated biography of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States marshal, based on his ability to communicate with the Native Americans in the area that was to become Oklahoma.