african american women

Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Sojourner Truth, describing her childhood, life as a slave, freedom, and work as an activist for civil rights and women's right to vote.

An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery and fought for the rights of African-Americans and women.

A simple introduction to the life of Harriet Tubman, from her youth through her days as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.

Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.

Examines the life of Harriet Tubman, who escaped to the North in 1849 from Maryland and who returned to the South several times to lead over three hundred slaves to freedom and discusses her work during the Civil War as a nurse, cook, scout, and spy for the Union army.

Presents a biography about Harriet Tubman, who escaped to the north from Maryland and later returned several times to lead over three hundred other slaves to freedom.

Examines the life of Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who risked her freedom to help other slaves along the Underground Railroad. Presented in graphic novel form.

Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black community.