John Newbery medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 1951.

Colorful folk-art paintings add to this dramatic presentation of King's life & accomplishments. Sharing this book aloud would interest students i

An introduction to the life Martin Luther King, Jr. Including how he organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and African American people across the

An introduction to a great civil rights leader. In simple words and beautiful scratchboard illustrations, the story of King's life and his commit

A biography of the Afro-American minister and civil rights worker who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988.

A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

A biography of a woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in th

A biography of the free-born black man who, as a self-taught mathematician and astronomer, helped survey the site of the Nation's Capitol and pub

A biography of the noted Black Muslim leader, looking back on his life from the day of his assassination in 1965.

A biography of the famous trumpeter from his childhood in New Orleans to the time when he was known as "Ambassador Satch" and "King of Jazz."

A biography of the first Negro slave to win her freedom in the courts of Massachusetts.

Features photographs and biographies of thirteen African-American women, including Maya Angelou, Ruby Dee, and Alice Walker.