Examines the lives and history surrounding the women leaders of the Civil Rights movement, including Ida B. Wells, Dorothy Height, Septima Clark, and more.
Discusses the history, geography, and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. Topics include everyday life, society, beliefs, colonialism, Amerindians today, and the future.
Discusses the history, geography, and culture of the Pacific Islands, covering such topics as traditions, family, colonialism, religion, daily life, and the future.
Discusses the historical origins, beliefs, arts, family life, cultural clashes with white Europeans, and future hopes of the nomadic Rom, or Roma, people who were once called Gypsies.
Explores the role of women in ancient Egyptian society, examining the lives of peasants and nobles, and discussing women in relation to religion, medicine, the royal court, and the professions.
Chronicles the history of the Palestinians since World War I, describing the fight for an independent Palestinian nation, violence between Israelis and Palestinians, and several aspects of contemporary life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
This book tells of the life of Malcolm X, from his tragic childhood to his break with the Nation of Islam to his pilgrimage to Mecca and his consideration of cooperating with the civil rights movement in an effort to speed up the movement toward black freedom.
