Central Kansas Library System

A biography of the Afro-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.

Few men in American history are as controversial as Malcolm X. In this provocative biography, Myers, winner of a Newbery Honor and four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, presents a forthright portrait of a complex man whose life reflected the major events of our times.

A biography of the courageous woman who rose from slave beginnings to become a heroic figure in the Underground Railroad.

Biography of W.E.B. Du Bois, founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who led the fight for civil rights for African-Americans in the first half of the twentieth century.