Books in Fact Finders Biographies: Great African Americans series

Shores, Erika L.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Benjamin Banneker, the African American astronomer and mathematician who helped survey Washington, D.C., and who wrote several successful almanacs.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, who was the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of American writer Langston Hughes, who shared his feelings about racism through his work.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of the African American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who recorded more than 200 albums and performed at Carnegie Hall 26 times.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel into space in 1992 on the space shuttle Endeavour.

Provides an introduction to the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, the African American educator who founded Bethune-Cookman College and the National Council of Negro Women.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Charles Drew, the African American doctor noted for his work with blood and blood plasma.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Benjamin Banneker, the African American astronomer and mathematician who helped survey Washington, D.C., and who wrote several successful almanacs.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Thurgood Marshall, the civil rights lawyer who became the first African American justice on the Supreme Court.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of the African American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who recorded more than 200 albums and performed at Carnegie Hall 26 times.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Madam C. J. Walker, an African American businesswoman who started her own business making and selling hair care products.