TIME For Kids Heroes of Black History presents the stories of four
great American heroes every child should know about in one volume:
Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama. Featuring
an introduction by journalist and civil rights activist Charlayne
Hunter-Gault, Heroes of Black History shines a light on the long fight
for social justice in the United States as it highlights the
accomplishments and personal histories of these four pivotal Americans.
Young readers learn about the life of Harriet Tubman--born a slave
around 1820, she escaped to the North, but returned to the South
nineteen times as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to lead 300
slaves to freedom. An incredibly gifted athlete, Jackie Robinson endured
taunts, slurs, and death threats when he broke the color barrier in
Major League Baseball in 1947. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to
a white man on an Alabama bus in 1955 and paved the way for a Supreme
Court decision that declared segregation on Alabama's public buses was
unconstitutional. On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of
office as our country's first African American president.
Illustrated with a dynamic mix of photographs and illustrations, the
biographies of these Americans delve deeper than their accomplishments
to reveal details on their childhoods, early experiences, schooling,
family life, and more. Sidebars about related topics--Underground
Railroad routes, sports firsts, the Harlem Renaissance, and more--give
context and additional insights for young readers. Heroes of Black
History also gives readers a timeline overview of three centuries of
African American history, beginning with the slave trade, touching upon
the formation of the NAACP, the civil rights movement, the March on
Washington, and other pivotal events, up through the beginning of the
Black Lives Matter movement. Brief profiles of more than twenty
additional heroes of black history, a glossary of key terms, and a
detailed index are also included in this comprehensive book.
