Photo-illustrated biographies

A brief biography of the twenty-sixth president of the United States.

A biography of the Black Muslim who became a leader of a movement to unite black people throughout the world.

A brief biography of the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

A brief biography of the African-American scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture.

The story of the Indian leader who tried but failed to get his people into Canada in 1877 so that they would not be sent to a reservation.

A brief biography of the man who was born a slave and worked in salt mines as a youth but went on to become a national leader for the education of African-Americans and founder of Tuskegee Institute.

A biography of the man who invented the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and the motion picture and patented 1,093 inventions.

A biography of the scientist who discovered radium and won two Nobel Prizes.

A biography of the nurse and women's rights advocate who spent her life trying to improve medical standards.

A biography of the aviator and environmental activist who became the first person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.