Table of Contents

THE EARLY YEARS.

Marie-Therese Metoyer.

Paul Cuffe.

James Forten.

Pierre Toussaint.

"Free Frank" McWorter.

Thomas L. Jennings.

William Leidesdorff.

David Ruggles.

THE CIVIL WAR YEARS AND RECONSTRUCTION.

Elizabeth Keckley.

Richard Henry Boyd.

Granville T. Woods.

INTO THE NEW CENTURY.

Madame C. J. Walker.

Maggie Lena Walker.

Charles Clinton Spaulding.

Philip A. Payton Jr.

Oscar Michaeux.

A. G. Gaston.

Ada "Bricktop" Smith.

Jake Simmons Jr.

Janet Harmon Bragg.

MODERN TIMES.

Henry G. Parks.

John H. Johnson.

Dempsey J. Travis.

Berry Gordy Jr.

Quincy Jones.

Earl G. Graves.

Reginald F. Lewis.

Oprah Winfrey.

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee.

Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher Jr.

Omar Wasow.

Chronology.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Picture Credits.

Index.

About the Author

JIM HASKINS has written more than ninety books for young readers, including Diary of a Harlem School Teacher; his collaboration with Rosa Parks on her autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story; and Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation. He is Professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and winner of numerous awards, including the Washington Post Children's Book Guild Award for the body of his work and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.