Madam C.J. Walker (formerly known as Sarah Breedlove's story) is a rags to riches tale. Madam Walker worked hard every day. Sarah Breedlove was the daughter of former slaves, although she herself was not born into slavery. Sarah's life had hardships. She suffered the loss...

In 1962, when many homemakers were busy with household tasks and children, Norma Yaeger acquired her New York Stock Exchange license. She was the only woman to do so and in her book Breaking Down the Walls, Norma details the heartaches and victories she...

In Loving Andrew, Romy Wyllie tells the story of her Down syndrome son, Andrew James Wyllie, and also stories about Lindsay Yeager and Blair Rodriguez; both with the same condition. It is not only about how Romy and her family face the challenges of raising...

B.A.R Man(Browning Automatic Rifle Man) by Sgt. Clyde Hoch is a short story about a young GI named Bill during the Korean War. The story follows him from his struggle to enlist, through many of his war time missions, to his eventual capture and time...

In Hidden in Plain Sight: The Other People in Norman Rockwell's America, author Jane Allen Petrick tells the story of the Rockwell models who were people of color. She also brings to life a Norman Rockwell that the vast majority of people never knew --...

America's Other Audubon by Joy M. Kiser published by Princeton Architectural Press offers details about the history of amateur naturalist Genevieve Jones and her family. Over fifteen years ago, Joy Kiser was a librarian in a small Ohio town when she first saw the book...

More than 50 years ago, a 12-year-old girl was brutally raped, abused, killed, and buried in a lot in the 44 Ranch. Through all of this, there was one witness, five-year old Forrest Canutt. All about Janet: The Story of My Missing Babysitter details the...

In Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice, Larry S. Gibson has written a riveting portrayal of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1967 until 1991. As a young attorney, Gibson's first meeting with Marshall...

"Suburban Slums: The Secret Life of One Woman" is a biography written about the life of Billy Joe, a white woman, about her descent into a world of drugs, crime, violence, and street life in Detroit in the early sixties to early eighties. Billy Joe...

"My Path to the Light of Happiness" is the story of a Chinese woman who has overcome many obstacles in her life. Dr. LuLu Smith starts by giving her readers a background about her life before she gave up everything and moved to the States...