A biography of the Black Muslim who became a leader of a movement to unite black people throughout the world.

For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.

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

A brief biography of the 358-pound lineman of the Chicago Bears football team.

Relates briefly the rise of a convict through self-education and love of his black brothers to become a leader of the black people of the United States.

A history of African-American whalers between 1730 and 1880.

A biography of Michael Jordan, detailing his career as the NBA's top scorer with the Chicago Bills.

A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground railroad.