Product Description: Benjamin Banneker, born in 1731, was a man ahead of his time. As a free African American in a time of slavery, Banneker was not welcome in white society, and he spent most of his life on his Maryland farm. There he harnessed his keen and curious intellect to teach himself complex mathematics and astronomy...read more

Product Description: A horror story succeeds if it strikes terror in the reader. A good horror story is like a good ride at an amusement park. Feeling scared without having to face real danger is exhilarating. The story builds with tantalizing ideas. The reader inches out on the coaster track, knowing the precarious drop is seconds away...read more

Product Description: Zora Neale Hurston's THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD is a heated tale of love and passion. The novel also broke new ground celebrating folk traditions, particularly of African-American women. The folklore traditions that Hurston pursued with the trained eye of the anthropologist engage the reader and play a vital role in preserving the cultural heritage of African Americans...read more

Product Description: Dorothea Lange was an influential American photographer and photojournalist. Lange is best known for her Depression-era work, which gave a face to the widespread human suffering that was taking place across the country at that time...read more

Traces the life of the Harlem Renaissance writer and folklorist, who worked to preserve the rich storytelling tradition of African-Americans in the South.

Profiles the Mexican muralist who inspired a revival of fresco painting in Latin America and the United States, and discusses his turbulent marriage to Frida Kahlo.

Discusses the childhood, marriage to Katherine Angell, and writing career of E. B. White, a writer for The New Yorker and author of essays, poems, and children's books.

A biography of the civil rights activist who devoted her life to helping blacks register to vote and gain a national political voice. (view table of contents)

Recounts the life and struggles of the man who raised the American flag on the North Pole in 1909, describes how his knowledge and skills helped make the event possible, and discusses why his contributions were ignored at the time. (view table of contents)

A biography of the eighteenth-century African-American who taught himself mathematics and astronomy