Presents biographical profiles of nearly forty African-American political and social leaders, scientists, inventors, and athletes, including Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., George Washington Carver, and Tiger Woods.
Profiles over forty influential African-Americans who made significant contributions to society, including Louis Armstrong, Ruby Dee, Alex Haley, Spike Lee, Toni Morrison, and others.
Profiles notable African-American religious leaders who have helped unite the black community throughout history, including Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Al Sharpton.
A collection of short biographies of African American leaders of America, including Blanche Bruce, Benjamin Davis, Thurgood Marshall, and Colin Powell.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America
Dyson, Michael Eric
2008
The author uses the anniversary of the death of famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King to examine how King fought and died for equal rights among all people of color, and how America has changed in the four decades since his death.
Argues that the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the period after 1965, laid the foundations for Barack Obama's 2009 presidential inauguration, highlighting the policies, people, and events that led to a new wave of African-American leadership in the United States.
