Presents the stories of ten African-American men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-238), filmography (p. 238), and index.
Contents
Benjamin Banneker : surveyor of the sky -- Frederick Douglass : capital orator -- Booker T. Washington : polished pioneer -- W.E.B. DuBois : erudite educator -- A. Philip Randolph : always striding ahead -- Thurgood Marshall : Mr. Civil Rights -- Jackie Robinson : game-changer -- Malcolm X : spark-light -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : nonviolent visionary -- Barack H. Obama, Jr. : holding on to hope.