A biography of the man who after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer and leader in the abolitionist movement.

A brief biography of the African-American scientist who overcame tremendous hardships to make important discoveries in the field of agriculture.

Rosa Parks, whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.

A contemporary schoolgirl boards the bus on which Rosa Parks rode in 1955, and the bus tells the girl about Rosa's story, from growing up with the constant threat of a Ku Klux Klan attack to her act

A short introduction to the life of the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the Civil Rights

Correspondence between Rosa Parks and various children in which the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" answers questions and encourages young people to reach their highest potential.

An artist refers to her African American heritage through her art.

During the time of the California Gold Rush, Rosabel and Sophie become best friends because they are both outsiders. Rosabel is African American and Sophie is Jewish. Rosabel has freedom papers, but

Laura Iwasaki and her family are paying what may be their last visit to Laura's grandfather's grave. The grave is at Manzanar, where thousands of Americans of Japanese heritage were interned during

The experiences of the "Little Rock Nine," the first black students to begin the integration of schools in Arkansas in 1957.

The is a story about 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, one of the nine students of "The Little Rock Nine" that changed history.

First Day in Grapes tells the story of Chico and his family, migrant workers who move up and down the state of California. Every September they pick grapes and Chico starts a new school. Often Chico

In this story, a young African-American woman reminisces about her grandfather's determination to vote in 1960s segregated Mississippi. When a lawyer addresses a local gathering looking for volunteers

In 1955 the all-black Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars team was formed in Charleston, South Carolina in the hopes of playing in the state’s annual Tournament, but all of the white teams pull out of the

This illustrated biography celebrates the life of a living legend of U.S. history, a sharecropper’s son who grew up to become a major civil rights leader. Stirred by his experience of segregation and

This book is a chronological account of one of the nation's greatest African-American vocalists, from her childhood in Philadelphia through her acclaimed U.S. and European concert tours in the 1920s

Based on an actual incident, this book tells the story of a young African-American girl who is traumatized when a gang of white boys attack her and her brother on their way home from school and spray

Based on an Ybo slave legend and infused with magical realism, this is the story of an elderly slave, Jaja, who can draw the pain of others into his mind and hones this skill when captured in Africa

Shirley Chisholm's rise to prominence in the U.S. political arena is depicted in this addition to the First Book series. The large-print text focuses on the varied political aspects of Chisholm's

On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history. His words