From Slave to Cowboy (Great Moments in American History) (Primary Sources of Famous People in American History)
by Holly Cefrey
In 1897, while working as a train porter, Nat "Deadeye Dick" Love tells a young boy and his aunt how he was born a slave, after Emancipation became a cowboy renowned for his riding and shooting, and wound up a Pullman porter.
Super Sports Star Barry Bonds (Super Sports Star)
by Stew Thornley
Children's author, Yoshiko Uchida, describes growing up in Berkeley, California, as a Nisei, second generation Japanese American, and her family's internment in a Nevada concentration camp during World War II.
Juan Gonzalez (Spanish Ed.)(Oop) (Hispanos Notables)
by Dennis R Tuttle
A biography of the power hitter for the Texas Rangers, from his life in Puerto Rico through his first few seasons in professional baseball in the United States.
Pocahontas and John Smith (JR. Graphic Colonial America)
by Andrea P Smith
Sojourner Truth (African American Leaders of Courage)
by Kristen Susienka
Maria Tallchief (Native American Biographies (Enslow))
by Paul Lang
Tells the story of ballerina Maria Tallchief, focusing on her Native American background and her rise to fame with the New York City Ballet.
Sylvia Méndez (Our Voices: Spanish and Latino Figures of American History)
by Philip Wolny
Carol Moseley-Braun: Breaking Barriers; Picture-Story Biographies
by Mellonee Carrigan
Tiger Woods (Sports Superstars: Other Superstars)
by Richard Rambeck
Presents the life and career of Tiger Woods, the youngest person to win the United States Amateur Golf Tournament.
Mary McLeod Bethune (Pull Ahead Books (Hardcover)) (Pull Ahead Books (Paperback))
by Kristin Sterling
A biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner and as an outstanding professional football and baseball player.
Tyra Banks is an outstanding person and such a rolemodel for young women. i would encourage anyone to watch her show The Tyra Banks Show and you could learn from it. :)
Frederick Douglass (Raintree Biographies)
by Patricia Lantier-Sampon
An introduction to the life of the runaway slave who became an abolitionist, a crusader for women's rights, and an advisor to Abraham Lincoln.
David Robinson (Sports Stars (Children's Press Cloth))
by R Conrad Stein