A biography of Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white person in 1955 started the Montgomery bus boycott and led to important civil rights gains for blacks.
Describes the life and accomplishments of the civil rights worker who took a controversial, aggressive stance in his struggle for black rights in the 1960s.
A biography of the African American woman who escaped from slavery, led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, aided Northern troops during the Civil War, and worked for women's suffrage.
Traces the life of the journalist, focusing on her lifelong fight to stop lynching and to bring the nation's attention to the injustices suffered by blacks.
A biography of the civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which acted as a labor union for Pullman car porters, and crusaded for equal rights for blacks in the armed forces, military industries, and in labor unions.