• Art/Music - 8 bks.

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More than 70 hands-on activities, songs, and games teach kids about the people, experiences, and events that shaped African American history. Along the way they will learn about in …

In the years following the Civil War, a number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs (as they are known today), opened. Their goal was to educate African Americ …

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 …

This issue examines the antislavery movement and the four centuries of oppression against African-Americans. A play entitled The Douglass "Station" of the Underground Railroad" is …

Heard of the A.M.E. Church? Maybe you know it by the name of Mother Bethel Church? How about the A.M.E. Zion Church? Julia Foote? Thomas Andrew Dorsey? You may answer "no" to all t …

The important information presented here about the struggle of African Americans to gain civil rights includes a brief but encompassing history of the slavery years, an article abo …

Join us as we learn about Bob Lemmons, Nat Love, Bill Pickett and other black cowboys who rode the trails and worked on ranches throughout the western United States. Read, too, abo …

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 …

Can you imagine not being allowed to use a public bathroom or to go to school with other children? There was a time in our country when African Americans faced this kind of discrim …

The "Gold Rush" was a wild time in California. Join us as we follow adventurers and others who sought a better life in the gold fields of the West. You'll learn that "getting th …

When African Americans read in a Chicago newspaper that they should move North, that opportunities were better there, many choose to take the advice. Find out when this happened an …

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 …

Travel with us to various parts of the United States and meet African Americans whose ancestors voluntarily chose to emigrate from their homes in Africa and the Caribbean. Find out …

Read about a woman who invented a revolutionary hair treatment. Learn why a bed made another woman an inventor. Meet a man who worked along with Thomas Edison and patented some of …

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 …

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 …

Travel with us to Haiti, the world's first black Republic. Meet Toussaint Louverture and find out how he came to lead a slave revolt that resulted in a declaration of freedom and i …

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 …

Join us as we turn back the pages of history and visit the kingdom of Mali that reached its height under Mansa Musa, who is also known as the King of Gold. Accompany the great king …

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 …

Meet the men who joined the Massachusetts 54th Regiment and learn how their determination won them uniforms, equal pay, and respect. Accompany them as they march against Fort Wagne …

In the air, on the seas, and on land, African Americans have bravely served their country since colonial days. Their efforts may have taken a bit of time to be recognized, but ther …

Join us for an exciting issue of FOOTSTEPS as we focus on three key events in the Civil Rights Movement. Meet Rosa Parks whose refusal to move led to a bus boycott in Montgomery, A …

In the decades between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, a group of Americans concerned over the unequal status and treatment of African …

Hop aboard for a journey on the rails crisscrossing the United States. Find out when and why the first sleeping and dining cars were designed. Discover who made them one of the mos …

Like peanut butter? How about refined sugar? Remember the passage in Herman Melville's Moby Dick about the Temple toggle iron that made harpooning a whale so much easier? Did you k …

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 …

Climb aboard for a ride that's sure to have you holding your breath at times. We'll read firsthand accounts of narrow escapes that required incredible courage and determination - a …

Travel with us to Washington, D.C., and the White House. Read about African Americans who helped build the president's house and the city itself. Find out who was the first African …