Garrett Morgan

By Garnet Jackson

Phillis Wheatley, poet

By Garnet Jackson

A brief biography of the slave who learned to read and write, became the second woman in America to have a book published, and won international fame for her poetry.

Toni Morrison Author Beginning Biographies

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Toni Morrison Author

By Garnet Nelson Jackson

Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks

By Garnet Jackson, Tony Wade

Frederick Douglass, freedom fighter

By Garnet Jackson

A brief biography of the abolitionist who escaped from slavery and used his speeches and writings to lead the fight for freedom and civil rights for African Americans.

Garrett Morgan, inventor

By Garnet Jackson

A brief biography of an African American inventor that describes, in rhyming text, how his lifelong interest in machines led to the invention of the traffic signal.

Phillis Wheatley, poet

By Garnet Jackson

A brief biography of the slave who learned to read and write, became the second woman in America to have a book published, and won international fame for her poetry.

Benjamin Banneker and his wooden clock

By Garnet Jackson

Describes how the self-taught scientist and inventor developed his mind and created America's first clock.