Kathleen Benson Books
Joseph on the subway trains
Eight-year-old Joseph gets separated from his class on a trip from Brooklyn to Manhattan by subway.
Read MoreDraw what you see
A love of art and dreams of a life beyond that of his sharecropper parents allowed Benny Andrews to escape the poverty and social injustices of the rural south and become a groundbreaking visual ar...
Read MoreA man called Martin Luther
A biography of the German monk who led the Protestant Reformation in Europe from its beginning in 1517 until his death in 1546.
Read MoreBound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World
By Kathleen Benson, James Haskins
Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas.
Read MoreBuilding a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America
By Kathleen Benson, James Haskins
Discusses the changing roles, rights, and contributions of Afro-Americans in the United States during the colonial period from 1607 to 1763. Also includes a chronology of significant events.
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