Presents the life story of the first president of the United States.

A brief biography of the twenty-sixth president of the United States.

A brief biography of the man who was born a slave and worked in salt mines as a youth but went on to become a national leader for the education of African-Americans and founder of Tuskegee Institute.

A brief biography of the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued hundreds of other slaves as a conductor in the underground railroad.

A brief biography of the abolitionist and women's rights activist who spent twenty-eight years of her life as a slave.

Presents the life story of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.

A biography of the nineteenth-century Quaker minister who was an important participant in the causes of abolition and women's rights.