Discusses the early life, career, family, and contributions of the fifth president of the United States.

A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

A biography of the black South African leader who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa.

A biography of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court whose many decisions shaped American law and had lasting effects.

Profiles a man whose talent and hard work led him to a highly successful career as a television and film actor, with four Academy Award nominations; more than any other African American actor.

A biography of the African American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.