One by one the war pulled the able-bodied men away leaving only the youngest, Jethro, to keep the farm going. This great war that ran across five Aprils is here chronicled by means of what happened to the various members of Jethro's family. A black child's dreams are filled with the images of the people and places of Africa. This features eight African and African-American folktales, narrated with warmth and skill by a talented storyteller. Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
Posters show prominent African American women who made a difference.
Included is a study guide which gives more detailed biographical information on each woman. For by Anna Wilson Identifies discrimination and discusses the struggle of African Americans for equality in education, employment, and other areas of life. Although she does not get to see her father very often, a girl enjoys the time she and her brothers spend with him one summer while they are visiting their grandparents' farm. A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts. On a rainy day, two brothers try to discover who is playing the harmonica they hear in their apartment building.