Frederick Douglass

by Margo McLoone

Published 1 January 1997
A brief biography of the man who escaped life as a slave in 1838 and became a great anti-slavery orator and advisor to President Abraham Lincoln.

Mary McLeod Bethune

by Margo McLoone

Published 1 January 1997
Follows the career of the black woman who spent her life educating and working to earn basic human rights for her people.

Sojourner Truth

by Margo McLoone

Published 1 January 1997
A brief biography of the abolitionist and women's rights activist who spent twenty-eight years of her life as a slave.

Booker T. Washington

by Margo McLoone

Published 1 January 1997
A brief biography of the man who was born a slave and worked in salt mines as a youth but went on to become a national leader for the education of African-Americans and founder of Tuskegee Institute.

George Washington Carver

by Margo McLoone

Published 1 January 1997
A brief biography of the African American scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture.

Harriet Tubman

by Margo McLoone

Published 1 January 1997
A brief biography of the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued hundreds of other slaves as a conductor in the underground railroad.