Books in Steck-Vaughn Stories of America series

Describes the life of a missionary and his lack of understanding

Describes the successful efforts of concerned citizens to stop construction of a jetport that would have destroyed the Florida Everglades

Recounts how the black community of Montgomery, Alabama organized and participated in the 1955 bus boycott which ended segregation on public buses.

Examines life as a Chinese immigrant in 1850s San Francisco, and describes the tradition, preparation, and excitement of the Chinese New Year

Describes the efforts in the 1960s of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to organize migrant workers in California into a union which became the United Farm Workers.

Describes the experiences of the "Little Rock Nine," the first black students to begin the integration of schools in Arkansas in 1957.

Profiles Evelina Antonetty, a Puerto Rican immigrant who helped people in Spanish Harlem during the Depression

A biography of the woman who became California's first native-born nun, describing a life that spanned the transitional period from Spanish rule to American statehood.

Relates the life and experiences of the Japanese American who defied the order of internment during World War II and took his case as far as the Supreme Court.

Relates events in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, childhood which sowed the seeds for his activism for equal rights for people, regardless of their color.

Describes some of the difficulties that Columbus faced on his first voyage to the New World and what he found at the journey's end.

A biography of the Zapotec Indian who grew up to become the President of Mexico and lead his country in a war for independence.