african americans

Describes the life of basketball player Alonzo Mourning, from his childhood in Virginia through his college years at Georgetown University to his professional career with the Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat.

Portrays the life and career of the African-American musician who plays both jazz and classical and who most of all loves to teach children about music.

A biography of Joe Louis describing his youth in a Detroit ghetto, his rise to heavyweight champion and major sports hero, and his role in destroying the myth of racial inferiority.

A biography of the man largely responsible for uniting African-American in the fight for civil rights.

A biography of the wife of the slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.

A brief career biography of the talented, seemingly unstoppable, Chicago Bull.

Surveys the basketball career of the young point guard for the Orlando Magic, Penny Hardaway.

A biography of the writer whose works captured the oral tradition of African-American life in the South.

A biography of the American jazz singer whose life was changed by drug abuse and alcoholism.

A biography of the escaped slave who became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.