Author/Editor
Lazo, Caroline
Detailed biography of Alice Walker tracing her
childhood, the development of her writing career
and her involvement in Civil Rights, feminism
and humanitarian causes.
KS3
Lerner Publications, 2000,
ISBN 0822549603
Alice
Walker, Freedon Writer
Phyllis
Wheatley
Author/Editor
Weidt, Maryann
Taken from her African family at the age of seven,
Phyllis Wheatley arrived in Boston in 1761. Quickly
learning to read and write, this slave girl became
an internationally recognised poet.
KS3
Turtleback Books, 1997,
ISBN 0688100570
Revolutionary
Poet, A story about Phillis Wheatley
Tiger
Woods
Author/Editor
Hughes, Libby Tiger Woods rocketed to fame
in 1997 after his spectacular victory at the Masters
Golf Tournament.
KS3
Genesis, 2000, ISBN 1585710032
Tiger
Woods, a biography for kids
Booker
T Washington
Author/Editor
Bradby, MarieBooker
T Washington
was an influential African American educator in
the early 20th century. This book tells of the
desire of the young Booker T. Washington to learn
to read.
KS2
Orchard Books, ISBN 0531094642
More
than Anything Else
Oprah
Winfrey
Author/Editor
Holland, GiniDetailed biography
of African American broadcaster and actress Oprah
Winfrey. Includes analysis of how she has been
perceived over time, key dates, and a glossary.
KS3
Heinemann, 2002, ISBN 0431086486
Oprah
Winfrey
Richard
Wright
Author/Editor
Miller, William
Tells the story of Richard Wright in the segregated
South of the 1920s, and his determination to be
allowed to borrow books.
KS2
Lee & Low, 2000, ISBN
1880000881
