20th Century Biographies
13 total works
A biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball.
Traces the life of the woman who, with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, overcame the limitations of being both blind and deaf to become an author and an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities.
Examines the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
Traces the life of the American pilot who was the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean, and later became a controversial figure because of his political views and his efforts to keep the United States out of World War II.
Traces the life of the Mexican American labor leader who helped achieve justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.
Traces the life of the Indian nationalist leader and statesman whose campaign of civil disobedience and peaceful resistance brought his country to independence and influenced the American civil rights movement and similar groups.