Central Kansas Library System

A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.

The brief account of the life of the "Father of Our Country. "

Surveys the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his work as an inventor and statesman.

A brief biography of the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.

A biography of the inventive genius who developed the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture.

Depicts the life and career of John F. Kennedy.

A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.