Alamosa Public Library

The biography of a slave whose flight to freedom was the first step in her becoming a "conductor" on the underground railroad.

Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born with and who died with a hammer in his hand.

Surveys outstanding African-American men and women and describes their contributions in the fields of science, industry, religion, education, and politics.

Dinner at Aunt Connie's is even more special than usual when Melody meets not only her new adopted cousin but twelve inspiring African-American women, who step out of their portraits and join the family for dinner.

A biography of the Baptist minister, orator, and crusader for equal civil rights who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

During a trip to the park, a child explores a cave, a mountain, a jungle, and a desert.

Examines the FBI's ongoing surveillance of Malcolm X that began in 1953 and the events subsequent to his death twelve years later.

Profiles the life of the distinguished general, from his early life, to his involvement in the Persian Gulf War, to his evolving political career.

It is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has lost her son. And there's the sound of the blues, played and sung by young men and women with little more than a guitar in their hands and a dream in their hearts. August Wilson's Seven Guitars is...