Brief biographical essays about 14 African-Americans are followed by short dramatizations for children to act out. Arthur A. Schomburg, Leontyne Price, Garrett A. Morgan and Ida B. Wells are a few of the individuals included in this original approach to bringing these achievers to life. Much hard-to-find information is made easily accessible. A handsomely designed volume. (Ages 8-12)

What was it like to be Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, or Leontyne Price? Here are biographies of 14 African Americans who struggled against enormous odds in their chosen fields. Each of their stories is brought to life by both a biography and short play--so the reader can really take a walk in the shoes of people who touched the world.