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This adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi's "Stamped From the Beginning" explores the history of racist ideas in America by examining the lives of notable historical figures, from Cotton Mather and Thomas Jefferson to W.E.B. Du Bois and Angela Davis. Discusses how racist ideas spread and how they are also discredited.

Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were "owned" by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country's great tragedy--that a nation "conceived in liberty" was also born in shackles.

"The true story of Africans and African Americans in the United States, from their arrival up until 1850"-- Provided by publisher.

"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"-- Provided by publisher.

An account of the black press from the first black newspaper to the integration of black journalists into the mainstream of American journalism.

Provides biographies of four African-American heroes who fought for freedom and democracy: Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama.