Books in Photo-Illustrated Biographies series

A biography introducing the life and accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall, the African American civil rights attorney who became a prominent Supreme Court Justice.

A biography discussing the personal life, education, and political career of the second President of the United States, John Adams.

A biography of Martin Luther King Jr. that highlights some important events in the life of the man who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent support of civil rights.

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A biography which follows the career of Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American woman who spent her life educating and working to earn basic human rights for others.

A biography of Helen Keller, an author and activist for people with disabilities who lost her sight and hearing to an illness.

A biography discussing the life of Clara Barton, who worked as a nurse during the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross Society in 1881 to help people hurt by war or disasters.

A biography of Sacagawea, the Native American woman who served as an interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

A biography of the inventor and teacher of the deaf, who experimented in many areas, including electricity, giant kites, and boats called hydrofoils, and became famous for creating the telephone.

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A brief biography of the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued hundreds of other slaves as a conductor in the underground railroad.

A brief biography of the man who was born a slave and worked in salt mines as a youth but went on to become a national leader for the education of African-Americans and founder of Tuskegee Institute.