Most Popular Books by James Haskins

Traces the life and career of the influential singer, describes her difficult childhood, and explains how she got her start in show business.

A biography of the blind musician who has become a superstar in the music world.

Discusses black inventors and their contributions, including Benjamin Bradley, Madam Walker, and George Washington Carver.

Using the numbers one through ten, this book provides an introduction to the land, history, and culture of Egypt.

Learn about Afghanistan as you count in English and Pushto.

Uses Arabic numerals from one to ten to introduce concepts about Arab countries and Arab culture.

Uses the Swahili words for the numbers from one to ten to introduce the land, history, and culture of Kenya.

SUMMARY: A biography of the first black congresswoman and the first black woman to run for the presidential nomination.

Presents the life, accomplishments, and goals of the civil rights activist and politician Jesse Jackson, from his childhood in North Carolina through his years in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Presents the numbers one to ten in Korean, using each number to introduce concepts about Korea and its culture.

Presents the numbers one to ten in French, using each number to introduce concepts about Canada and its culture.

Uses the Portuguese words for the numbers from one to ten to introduce the land, history, and culture of Brazil.

Discusses the people and events connected with the 1963 March on Washington, as well as the consequences of this well-known civil rights demonstration.

A biography of Bayard Rustin, a skillful organizer behind the scenes of the American civil rights movement whose ideas stongly influenced Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The name Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. symbolized many things to many people. Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, America''s largest black congregation. Congressman from Harlem for twenty-five years. Chairman of the powerful House Education and Labor Committee. Marcher for black civil rights as early as the 1930s. Flamboyant high-liver whose well-publicized excesses led to expulsion from Congress and near-exile on his island retreat of Bimini. Symbol of hope for blacks all over America for two decades. King of Harlem." "Who was this complex, charismatic, controversial man? James Haskins has used interviews with family, friends and associates of the late Congressman to trace his life and public career. He tells of Adam Powell''s privileged boyhood as the only son of a respected minister; of his fiery leadership as a young Harlem minister demonstrating for jobs for blacks during the depression; of his years as the sole voice of black people in the United States Congress; his achievements as chairman of the Education and Labor Committee during the 1960s; the controversies which led to his expulsion from Congress; and the last bitter years in Bimini." "This perceptive biography both captures the essence of a remarkable black leader and establishes his place in history as the man who, "probably more than any other individual, laid the groundwork for the progress black Americans have made toward equal rights and power in America.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

A biography of Guy Bluford, the first black American in space, part of the crew of the space shuttle "Challenger" on its August 1983 flight.

Surveys the contributions of black performers and playwrights to drama, comedy and music from pre-Civil War days to the present.