Stories of African-American Achievement

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs, 2010. — 68 p.Stories of African American Achievers is a collection of profiles of remarkable men and women who have made significant contributions to U.S. society from the nineteenth century to the present day.Juan Williams: Looking Back by Juan Williams
Black Media Timeline: Freedom’s Message
Richard Allen: Black Founding Father by Richard Newman
Marshall Taylor: Cycling Champion by Brian Heyman
Madam C.J. Walker: Business Savvy to Philanthropy by A’Lelia Bundles
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Fighting and Writing for Justice by Lee D. Baker
Zora Neale Hurston: Literary Legend by Valerie Boyd
Dorothy Irene Height: Civil Rights Activist by Holly Cowan Shulman
Living With Purpose (excerpt) by Dorothy Irene Height
Eulogy for Dorothy Irene Height by President Barack Obama
Claudette Colvin: The First to Keep Her Seat by Phillip Hoose
John H. Johnson: Media Mogul by Clint C. Wilson II
Will Allen: Urban Farmer by Elizabeth Royte
Growing Power
Ben Carson: Gifted Neurosurgeon by Kenneth J. Cooper
Gifted Hands (excerpt) by Ben Carson.