After promising never to lie, Libby learns that it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either.

In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements--Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth--is captured and taken to America as a slave.

Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend, and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.

From the beginning of Reconstruction to the present, traces the struggle of blacks to gain their civil rights in America, with a brief comparison of their problems to those of other minorities.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the man who first pioneered the study of black history.

Examines the life of the twentieth-century African-American singer and actor who spoke out against racism and injustice.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts.

Describes the life of one of baseball's greatest pitchers, who was unable to play Major League baseball due to segregation for many years, after which he became the first black pitcher in the American League.

To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.