Author/Editor Liverpool CC Race Equality Management Team
A story book and learning activities about John Archer who was elected Mayor of Battersea in November 1913. Born in Liverpool in 1863, Archer’s mother was Irish and his father from Barbados.
KS1/2
Liverpool Race Equality Management Team, 1995, ISBN 0952478919

Author/Editor Azzam, Abd al-Rahman
In 1325 Ibn Battuta, a 21 year old scholar and religious judge, set off from his home in Tangier to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca. Over the next 30 years he travelled to more than 44 countries. This beautifully illustrated book relates his adventures.
KS2/3
Hood Hood Books, 1995, ISBN 1900251027

Author/Editor Pinkney, Andrea D.
Benjamin Banneker was an accomplished astronomer and mathematician who, unlike most Black American men of the time (Late 18th Century), was born free. He corresponded with Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and told him what he thought about Jefferson owning slaves. This book details their correspondence.
KS2
Voyager Books, 1998, ISBN 0152018921

Author/Editor Bridges, Ruby
Ruby Bridges was one of the first black children to be moved to attend a previously white school in New Orleans in 1960. Her companions on her first day were four white federal marshals, who were charged with ensuring her safety in getting into the school. She was six years old. This is Ruby’s story, told as an autobiography.
KS2/3
Scholastic, 1999, 0590546309

Author/Editor Carter, Andy & Carol Saller
Born a slave near the end of the Civil War, George Washington Carver became a teacher and scientist at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute in the 1900s. He gained fame for his pioneering agricultural work.
KS2/3
Carolrhoda Books, 2001, ISBN 1575054582

Author/Editor Joseph, Lynn
The story of Bessie Coleman, who had to leave America and go to France in order to fulfil her dream of becoming a pilot. She became the first black woman to earn a pilot’s licence. This story is written in present tense, focussing on Bessie’s determination to make her dream come true.
KS1/2
Simon & Schuster, 1998, ISBN 0689813392

Author/Editor Weidt, Maryann
Frederick Douglass was a brilliant and powerful speaker, who travelled widely to spread his antislavery message. He played a vital role in the struggle for freedom. This is a detailed biography for able readers.
KS2/3
Carolrhoda Books, 2001, ISBN 1575055538

Author/Editor Adler, David
Picture book detailing the life of Frederick Douglass, from his early life as a slave to his escape, his later work on his own anti-slavery newspaper to his political life.
KS1/2
Holiday House, 1995, ISBN 0823412059

Author/Editor Cameron, Ann
Ann Cameron has adapted Equiano’s autobiography for a modern audience, retelling the story in modern language, but still in the first person. This is the only accessible biography of Equiano, a leading anti-slavery campaigner in England.
KS2/3
Knopf Paperback, 1995, ISBN 0375803467

Author/Editor Lee, Carol A.
This is a biography of Anne Frank to help put her diary into context. The book follows Anne Frank from her birth in Germany, her childhood in Amsterdam, the two years of hiding from the Nazis and her imprisonment and death in the camps. It is written for more able readers.
KS3
Puffin, 2001, ISBN 0141309261

Author/Editor Shah-Kazemi, Reza
Born in the year 980, in what is now Uzbekistan, Muslim scholar Avicenna was known later in life as the Prince of Physicians.
KS2/3
Hood Hood Books, 1997, ISBN 190025123X

Author/Editor Ferris, Jeri
Banneker was a free black man who lived at a time when most African Americans were slaves. He was an accomplished farmer, mathematician, astronomer and surveyor., who made his mark on the newly independent USA.
KS2/3
Carolrhoda Books, 1990, ISBN 0876145217

Author/Editor Meltzer, Milton
Biography of Mary Mcleod's fight to improve the quality of life for Black Americans in her role as an educator.
KS3
Puffin, 1998, ISBN 0140322191

Author/Editor Swain, Gwenyth
Levi Coffin was a free black in the American South in the days of slavery. His home became part of the Underground Railroad and Levi earned himself the name “President of the Underground Railroad”
KS3
Carolrhoda Books, 2001, ISBN 157505552X

Author/Editor Lindbergh, Reeve
In 1921 Bessie Coleman became the world's first licensed black aviator and a daredevil stunt pilot. This book about Bessie is written as an extended rhyming poem.
KS1/2
Walker Books, 1997, ISBN 0744554128

Author/Editor Freedman, Florence
The account of Ellen and William Craft’s escape from slavery was originally published in England in 1861. This book uses the original account supplemented with contemporary newspaper cuttings and articles.
KS3
P.Bedrick, 1997, ISBN 0872262219

Author/Editor Miller, William
Famous writer and activist Frederick Douglass was born enslaved in 1817. This book reconstructs Frederick Douglass' formative years as a plantation slave for young readers.
KS2/3
Lee & Low, 1996, ISBN 1880000423

Author/Editor Keenan, Sheila
Biography of Frederick Douglass, 1818 - 1895, abolitionist. Born a slave, the biography shows his personal struggles to gain an education, escape slavery and fight for the freedom of African Americans.
KS1/2
Scholastic, 1995, ISBN 0590483560

Author/Editor Adler, David
Picture book showing the life of Anne Frank who hid in an apartment in Amsterdam from 1942-1944 before being sent to a concentration camp, where she died 2 months before liberation.
KS1/2
Holiday House, 1994, ISBN 0823410781

Author/ Editor Senker, Cath
Tells the story of Ann Frank including the context of Nazism, with many photographs, a glossary and date chart.
KS2/3
Hodder Wayland, 2000, ISBN 0750230479