A biography of the noted historian and sociologist who was an important leader of African American protest and helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Examines the life of the black scholar and leader, with an emphasis on his work for racial equality in the United States.

Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois pioneered the science of sociology. His detailed long-range study of an African American community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first of its kind. Du Bois hoped that knowledge, and the ensuing understanding, might lessen the prejudice against African Americans. Later Du Bois sought more radical methods of countering racism. Du Bois helped found the Niagara Movement and the NAACP, and became the editor...

A biography on Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist and martyr from Mississippi.