Item category 2: Book Box

Subject: Describes the life of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, nineteenth-century educator, writer, newspaper editor, and civil rights worker who was the first African-American woman to enter law school or to publish a newspaper.

Subject: This is an illustrated book for young readers about Matthew Henson, the first African American to travel to the North Pole

Subject: Aimed at children aged 9-10 and above, this book is a biography of the life of the African American poet, playwright, actress, singer and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou.

'Leading Lives' is a series aimed at secondary school students. Each book in the series focuses on a leading figure, explores his or her life and achievements and considers the links between that individual and the history and events of the time.

Subject: This publication documents the history and presence of the Indian population in Britain, and more specifically, in Liverpool, particularly in the early to mid-1900s, in the period up to 1960. It tells the story of various individual newcomers and their families, and includes family pho...

Subject: This book details the story of Kings life and the events leading up to his assassination in 1968; slavery in the USA; the struggle to win economic and political rights for black people through non-violent protest; Kings opposition to the Vietnam War.