Because We Are

By Mildred Pitts Walter

After a misunderstanding with a white teacher, black honor student Emma is transferred from the integrated high school where she has excelled to a segregated school where she finds a different kind...

Brother to the wind

By Mildred Pitts Walter

With the help of Good Snake, a young African boy gets his dearest wish.

Brother to the wind

By Mildred Pitts Walter

With the help of Good Snake, a young African boy gets his dearest wish.

Trouble's Child

By Mildred Pitts Walter

Martha longs to leave her island home off the Louisiana coast and go to high school where she can learn more than the ways of her midwife grandmother and perhaps someday broaden the lives of the su...

Have a Happy...

By Mildred Pitts Walter

Upset because his birthday falls on Christmas and will therefore be eclipsed as usual, and worried that there is less money because his father is out of work, eleven-year-old Chris takes solace in...

Have a happy--

By Mildred Pitts Walter

Kwanzaa

By Mildred Pitts Walter

Discusses the origins and symbols of Kwanzaa, the holiday that focuses on African American history, culture, and experiences, and offers suggestions for ways to celebrate this holiday.

Suitcase

By Mildred Pitts Walter

Despite his love of drawing and his feelings of inadequacy as an athlete, sixth-grader Xander "Suitcase" Bingham works to become a baseball player to win the approval of his father.

Darkness

By Mildred Pitts Walter

Summary, A celebration of the many wonderfulthings that flourish in darkness.

Mississippi challenge

By Mildred Pitts Walter

Describes the struggle for civil rights for the blacks in Mississippi, from the time of slavery to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.