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Readers learn about the lives of countless slaves and former slaves, who tell about their forced journeys from Africa to the United States, their work in the fields and houses of their owners, and their passion for freedom. Illustrations.

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Adapted from the short story "The man who was a horse" in Julius Lester's Long journey home (1972).

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A heartbreaking and powerfully dramatic epic on slavery and the struggle to affirm humanity in the midst of it.

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Paintings portray the story of slavery from its beginnings, and are accompanied by literary interpretations.

With his two sledgehammers pulverizing boulders, John Henry races a steam drill tunneling through a mountain. It's a deadly contest of man-vs-machine written with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a force of nature, yet as familiar as an older brother. Pinkney's stunning art shows John Henry's energy bursting from nature. Full color.

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John Henry is stronger than ten men, and can dig through a mountain faster than a steam drill. Lester retells this African-American folk tale with humor, wit, and energy. Full-color illustrations.

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Award winners Lester and Barbour deliver an original and boldly painted exploration of the commonalities shared by everyone and the details that make each person unique. Full color.

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When John Calvin Marshall graduated from Harvard in 1956, he was prepared for a life of teaching and relative tranquility. But history had another plan for him: in the nascent civil rights movement of the 1960s, he became a leader and shining symbol of the new generation of blacks who were demanding their full rights as citizens.

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One man s uncompromising venture through religion and how he found his true faith in spite of it...