Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index.
Summary
Biographical portraits of ten African-American women including Leontyne Price, Toni Morrison, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Contents
Ellen Craft -- Charlotte Forten Grimke -- Mary Fields -- Ida B. Wells -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Clara Hale -- Leontyne Price -- Toni Morrison -- Mae C. Jemison -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- And some others who dared.