blacks

Presents more than four hundred biographical entries on twentieth-century black writers from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States.

A biography of the Black South African leader, focusing on his struggle to overthrow the tyrannies of apartheid.

Wishing to make beautiful music, Lindiwe captures the songs of six birds in her new flute.

Having found an enormous sum of money and been threatened with punishment by their parents for not turning it in to the police, gawky eleven-year-old Julia and her bad-tempered friend Nathan flee London for Brighton and the open countryside.

Compiles historical, biographical, and statistical facts about Afro-Americans.

Offers a comprehensive account of the experiences of escaped blacks in America at the start of the Revolutionary War, discussing the reactions blacks had to the war, their interactions with both armies, and the reasons many risked their lives to travel across the ocean to Sierra Leone.

When teenage Ray and his two friends, Prem and Tyronne, form a successful rap band in the London's East End where they live, they soon find themselves embroiled in increasingly violent gang warfare.

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven.

Chronicles Roberto Clemente's long journey from sandlot baseball to the major leagues, his battles against prejudice, his tragic death, and his achievements both on and off the playing field.