Pat McKissack

A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty -- the half hour before sunset -- When ghosts seem all too believable.

Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend, and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the jazz trumpeter who was nicknamed Satchmo.

To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.

Tells the story of the African-American singer who struggled against prejudice to become one of the great opera performers of the century.

A biography of the former slave who founded Tuskegee University and later became the most powerful African American leader at the turn of the century.

A biography of the black woman journalist who campaigned for the civil rights of women and other minorities and was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.

Describes the life of one of baseball's greatest pitchers, who was unable to play Major League baseball due to segregation for many years, after which he became the first black pitcher in the American League.

Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.