Informative children's book about the underground railroad.

A story based on real events of a community that works together to gain civil rights.

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.

A detailed biographical resource that presents personality traits, health issues, friends, habits, and quotations about the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Hillary Clinton which details the impact these women have had on our American history.

An illustrated chronology of immigration over the course of American history.

Children encounter the portraits of 12 famous African American women during a summer visit to Aunt Connie's house.

The setting of this book is Mississippi in 1933, and the drama of racist cruelty and a white child's loss of innocence is elemental. A sad and poignant story about a period in American history, and on a more personal level, a son's disillusionment.

The story of a young African girl who is kidnapped and sold into slavery.

An emotional Civil War story about two soldiers who become friends.

Carson, director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers, has pieced together an incomplete study of King's life by supplementing his extant autobiographies (e.g., Stride Toward Freedom and Where Do We Go from Here) with previously unpublished and published writings, interviews and speeches.