AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE<br /> <br /> Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes.<br /> <br /> Here is what you want to know about the lives of brave black men and women during the Civil War and Reconstruction:<br /> <br /> dr. alexander t. augusta<br /> thomas "blind tom" greene bethune<br /> james bland<br /> senator blanche kelso bruce <br /> francis louis cardozo<br /> major martin robison delany<br /> frederick douglass<br /> sarah mapps douglass<br /> sergeant major christian a. fleetwood<br /> charlotte forten grimke<br /> frances e. w. harper<br /> elizabeth keckley<br /> elijah mccoy<br /> john p. parker<br /> governor pinckney benton stewart pinchback<br /> dr. charles burleigh purvis<br /> congressman robert smalls<br /> sojourner truth<br /> harriet tubman<br /> lieutenant peter vogelsang<br /> booker t. washington<br /> sergeant george washington williams<br /> granville t. woods<br /> <br /> "The books in the Black Stars series are the types of books that would have really captivated me as a kid."<br /> -Earl G. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine<br /> <br /> "Inspiring stories that demonstrate what can happen when ingenuity and tenacity are paired with courage and hard work."<br /> -Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books <br /> <br /> "Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history."<br /> -Booklist<br /> <br /> "The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies."<br /> -Horn Book