Read about the curiosity and incentive of African Americans who found creative ways to reduce the burden of their work.. Inventors and patent-holders of everything from electrical …

Trumpeter, singer, actor, bandleader, ambassador of goodwill and amateur artist. Louis Armstrong fills the bill in this issue that blows the horn of one of the world’s greatest jaz …

Follow the career of the abolitionist, lecturer, writer and publisher of an antislavery newspaper in this issue celebrating the life of a man who paved the way for the civil rights …

This issue of COBBLESTONE will focus on the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the most respected African Americans in history. He championed the rights of black Americans and Africans …

No one was more of a catalyst for the evolutionary changes in music than Edward Kennedy Ellington. Follow the development of jazz from its roots in blues and ragtime to swing, bebo …

From "The Simple Stories" to "Don't You want To Be Free," there's nothing dull or uninteresting about Langston Hughes. Join us for a ringside seat to read poetry you'll never forge …

Martin Luther King, Jr., entered Morehouse College at 15 years old, and it was there, according to many sources, that many of his ideas and perspectives were formed and developed. …

The young Baptist minister thrust into the headlines as a result of the 1955-1956 Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott tackles the problem of racial segregation in the United States in …

Who was Malcolm X? What does the X mean? What did he really believe? We'll use his own words to tell his story, and it's quite a story. We'll start with having you take a front-ro …

Ever hear of the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education? Did you know that it affects every public school in this country? Can you name the lawyer who successfully …

Modern-day hero Jackie Robinson, first African American to play in the Major Leagues, also worked in civil rights later in his life. Explore the childhood experiences that shaped …

In the charter issue of FOOTSTEPS, read about the life of Sengbe and his people in their homeland of Mende (now Sierra Leone), the story of his capture, transportation to Havana, a …

Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, the Williams sisters - everyone's heard the names! But, what about Althea Gibson, Jesse Owens, and Sugar Ray Robinson? You're sure to be surprised at w …