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Arthur Ashe: Breaking the Color Barrier in Tennis
David K. Wright
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, July 1, 1996)A biography of tennis champion Arthur Ashe, covering his personal life and his sports career, as well as his struggles with racism and AIDS.
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Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator and Activist
Andrea Broadwater
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Feb. 1, 2003)Traces the life and achievements of the black educator who fought bigotry and sought equality for blacks in the areas of education and political rights.
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Mathew Brady: Photographer of the Civil War
Lynda Pflueger
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, June 1, 2001)Recounts the life and accomplishments of pioneering photographer Mathew Brady, whose work left a pictorial record of the people and events of his times, most notably the Civil War.
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Mary Church Terrell: Speaking Out for Civil Rights
Cookie Lommel
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, July 1, 2003)Traces the life and achievements of the black civil rights worker whose greatest accomplishment, the integration of restaurants in Washington, D.C., came when she was nearly ninety years old.
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Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize-Winning Author
Barbara Kramer
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 1996)Examines the life and work of the successful novelist, who became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
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Hispanics in United States History: Through 1865: 001
Frank De Varona
Paperback (GLOBE, Jan. 1, 1901)De Varona, Frank
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Marco Polo
Robert Strathloch
Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, May 1, 2002)Presents an overview of Marco Polo's life as well as his influence on history and the world.
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Marco Polo
Robert Strathloch
Paperback (Heinemann, Feb. 14, 2002)This book presents an overview of Marco Polo's life, as well as his influence on history and the world.
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Hernando de Soto
Peggy Pancella
Paperback (Heinemann, Aug. 14, 2003)This book presents an overview of Qin Shi Huangdi's life, as well as his influence on history and the world.
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Thomas Alva Edison: Inventor
Ellen M. Dolan
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 1998)Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and over 1000 patents for other inventions and innovations.
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Betty Shabazz: Sharing the Vision of Malcolm X
Laura S. Jeffrey
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 2000)Profiles the life of Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, discussing her life as the wife of the outspoken civil rights leader and her role in the civil rights movement after his death.
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Julius Caesar
Struan Reid
Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, May 1, 2002)Presents an account of Julius Caesar's life, from birth to death, and explores his impact on history and the world.
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