Wilma Unlimited:  How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

Kathleen Krull

Harcourt Children's 1996, ISBN:  0-15-201267-2

Rosa - PWPL

written by Nikki Giovanni

illustrated by Bryan Collier

The story of Rosa Parks, who would not give up her bus seat to a white man during the Civil Rights Movement.

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights - PWPL

written by Russell Freedman

The title says it all.

Carver: A Life in Poems - PWPL

written by Marilyn Nelson

Biography of Washington Carver narrated in a collection of poems.

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers

written by Christine King Farris: illustrated by Chris Soentpiet

Simon & Schuster, 2003.

A picture book about Martin Luther King, Jr. by his sister.