An authoritative biography of Malcolm X draws on new research to trace his life from his troubled youth through his involvement in the Nation of Islam, his activism in the world of Black Nationalism, and his assassination.

"B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak, creativity and joy. It's a story of big ideas--P is for Power, S is for Science and Soul. Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration. Of iconic figures--H is for Zora Neale Hurston, X is for...

"[I]n New York ... Barack Obama learns that his father--a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey--first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance"--Container....

Offers a look at African Americans who achieved major firsts in such areas as journalism, entertainment, the military, history, and politics, noting the dates of each event.

A biography of a man who fought for civil rights until his tragic death in 1968.

Forty years after he was brought from Africa to the U.S., this black slave was able to buy his freedom, and spent the rest of his life helping other slaves.

A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

From the first African explorers to the first black president, this illustrated history is an excellent resource and "an epic work" (School Library Journal). Discovering Black America is an unprecedented account of more than 400 years of African American history set against a background of American and global events. It begins with a black sailor aboard the Niña with Christopher Columbus and continues through the colonial period, slavery, the...