Great African Americans series

Traces the life of the Harlem Renaissance writer and folklorist, who worked to preserve the rich storytelling tradition of African-Americans in the South.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of this civil rights activist.

Describes the life of the black laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.

Examines the life of the African-American singer-actor who spoke out against racism and injustice.

Examines the life of the twentieth-century African-American singer and actor who spoke out against racism and injustice.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the jazz trumpeter who was nicknamed Satchmo.

Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the revered civil rights worker.

Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend, and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life of the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.