Books in Great African Americans series

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Introduces the life and times of scientist, inventor, and statesman Benjamin Franklin and explains his place in American history.

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

Profiles the man who first pioneered the study of Black history.

Introduces the life of Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan woman who faced persecution in sixteenth-centuyr Massachusetts because of her efforts to express her religious beliefs freely.

How did Ellison Onizuka become an astronaut? Readers will learn all about how this famous Asian American went from Air Force pilot to NASA astronaut in this low-leveled biography.

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Introduces the life of George Washington Carver, an expert on plants and plant products and an educator who devoted his life to finding new uses for such crops as peanuts and sweet potatoes that grew on farms in the South.

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

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

Introduces the life of Sam Houston, who lived among the Cherokee, is the only man to have been in Congress and governor in two states, helped lead Texas to independence from Mexico, and supported the Union even though he owned slaves.

Introduces the life of John Muir, who immigrated from Scotland as a boy and became a naturalist who explored the wonders of the American West, an advocate for the establishment of national parks, and the founder of the Sierra Club.