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Human Rights
William Jay Jacobs
Hardcover (Atheneum, April 30, 1990)Biographical portraits of twenty-nine individuals who fought for human rights, from Roger Williams and Thomas Paine to Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King.
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WORLD RELIGIONS: GREAT LIVES
Harriet Jacobs
Hardcover (Atheneum, May 1, 1996)Presents biographies of more than twenty individuals who have left their mark on the religions of the world
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Cesar Chavez: Hope for the People
Cloverdale Press
Paperback (Ballantine Books, Nov. 19, 1991)The son of poor Mexican Americans, Cesar Chavez grew up in grinding poverty. In 1962, he set out to do what many before him had tried and failed to do -- organize a trade union for farm workers. With courage and determination, he transformed the plight of the workers into an international cause.
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Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross
Susan Sloate
Paperback (Ballantine Books, Aug. 22, 1990)Follows the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War, and later founded the American Red Cross
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Malcolm X
Nikki Grimes
Paperback (Ballantine Books, Nov. 17, 1992)In the 1950s and 1960s, Malcolm X challenged America to face the truth of its prejudice toward its African American citizens. Born in poverty in Lansing Michigan, he fell into a life of petty crime, until he discovered the Black Muslim religion in jail. Eventually, he turned his life around, continued to seek teachers, and instructed others too. His influence continues to be felt around the world.
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Thurgood Marshall
Elisabeth Krug
Paperback (Ballantine Books, Feb. 10, 1993)The great-grandchild of a slave, Thurgood Marshall grew up to become Director-Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and a Justice of the Supreme Court. A fierce advocate for the rights of the poor, minorities, and women, Marshall has earned a place in history as one of the greatest Americans of his century.
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Thomas Edison: Inventing the Future
Penny Mintz
Paperback (Ballantine Books, Jan. 3, 1990)Witness history in the making in this profile of Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, an authentic American genius who invented the phonograph and the electric light bulb and, in so doing, revolutionized the way we live.
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Julius Caesar
Rupert Matthews, Doug Post
Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Feb. 1, 1989)A biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brilliant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Nigel Hunter
Hardcover (Bookwright Press, March 15, 1985)Profiles the life and achievements of the Baptist preacher and civil rights leader who practiced the principle of nonviolence in an attempt to gain equal rights for all Americans.
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Human Culture
David Weitzman
Hardcover (Atheneum, April 1, 1994)Documents the lives and careers of twenty-seven of the world's most important archaeologists and anthropologists, including Margaret Mead, Zora Neale Hurston, Howard Carter, Heinrich Schliemann, and the Leakey family.
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Elvis Presley
Vanora Leigh
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1986)Chronicles the life of one of the world's greatest rock and roll singers who died tragically at the age of forty-two.
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Theater
David Weitzman
Hardcover (Atheneum, Nov. 1, 1996)Offers a profile of twenty-seven of the greatest figures in theater, discussing the lives and accomplishments of such artists as Henrik Ibsen, Sarah Bernhardt, Laurence Olivier, Paul Robeson, and Helen Hayes, accompanied by a helpful bibliography, index, and photographs.