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"In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement to veteran writer and journalist Alex Haley." -- dust jacket.

This collections introduces readers to some of America's greatest Black Americans: movers and shakers from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama. Visionaries and entrepreneurs, athletes and activists, these men and women became beacons of brilliance, perseverance, and excellence. From household names to lesser-known figures, this collection is a celebration of some of the greatest Americans in history-- and all that they've achieved....

Recounts actor Sidney Poitier's public and private life as he broke racial barriers to launch a pioneering acting career playing characters who said something positive, useful, and lasting about the human condition. Includes photographs.

The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man by James Weldon Johnson is a groundbreaking work of American literature that explores the complexities of race, identity, and social class in early 20th-century America. Written in the form of a fictional autobiography, the novel follows the life of an unnamed biracial narrator who navigates the challenges of being "ex-coloured" - a man who chooses to live as white in a racially segregated society. Through...

Briefly profiles thirty Black visionaries who changed the world including Bessie Coleman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Misty Copeland, and others.

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

An introduction to the life Martin Luther King, Jr. Including how he organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and African American people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights.

"A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history."-- Provided by publisher.

Booker T. Washington rose from his slavery beginnings to become a national leader in education and civil rights. Beginning his career as a teacher and developing into a renowned speaker, Washington's influence is still felt today through Tuskegee University, which he originally founded.

"August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade. No other American playwright has completed such an ambitious oeuvre. Two of the plays became successful films, Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis; and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. Fences and The Piano Lesson won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Fences won the Tony Award for...