african americans

A biography of the African American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, who, encouraged by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, inspired the nation to begin a non-violent campaign for equality.

Ernest Peterson's hopes of winning the Washington, D.C., Citywide Cup bicycle race are shattered when his grandmother gives him a huge, clunky, yellow bike for his tenth birthday.

With the help of his grandparents, six-year-old Nathan catches fireflies and keeps them in a jar by his bed, just as his father did when he was six.

A little boy yearns for a lunch box, even though he hasn't started school yet.

A short biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., introducing related vocabulary.

A brief introduction to the life of Harriet Tubman, who spent her childhood in slavery and later worked to help other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Using a variety of primary sources, this biography of Harriet Tubman describes the life of a former slave who was responsible for helping many other slaves to freedom.

Nine-year-old Ola and her family are the first black people to move into Walcott Corners, a stuffy, suburban Massachusetts community that Ola wishes were a little bit more like the lively old Roxbury neighborhood she sorely misses.

A biography of the Afican American woman who escaped slavery and led others to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.