In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
Bessey and her mother bake cookies for Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah, and after cleaning up the kitchen, they distribute the treats to their neighbors.
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.
Nat Love chronicles his rise to fame in the American West, discussing how he became an African-American cowboy and chronicling his relations with such personalities as Billy the Kid and Bat Masterson.
Describes the life of the anti-slavery and women's rights activist, from her beginnings in slavery to her tireless campaign for the rights and welfare of the freedmen.
Traces the life and achievements of the African-American educator who fought bigotry and racial injustice and sought equality for Blacks in the areas of education and political rights.