A Coretta Scott King Award winner that is more timely than ever--excellent narrative nonfiction that's history at its best.* Like Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States, Now Is Your Time explores American history through the stories of...
In 1619 European traders first brought captured Africans to Virginia to provide the cheap labor that would bring prosperity to the South and tragedy to the nation. Newbery Honor winner Walter Dean Hughes dramatically presents the history of these African Americans and their descendants--including...
A history of the African-American struggle for freedom and equality, beginning with the capture of Africans in 1619, continuing through the American Revolution, the Civil War, and into contemporary times.