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After two out-of-season hurricanes nearly destroy her island home, Corinne discovers that the god Huracan is angry and she, aided by friends and enemies alike, races to calm him.

Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness.

Examines the life and career of hockey player Jarome Iginla, the first black captain of a National Hockey League team, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and record-setting goal scorer for the Calgary Flames, and discusses his contributions to charity, and work to promote diversity in the sport.

Presents a biography of Willie O'Ree, the first Black hockey player in the National Hockey League.

A young white boy who has been recently blinded learns about vision, courage and race with the help of a wise, old Black man.

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

Contains articles that provide biographical information about sixty-two men and women of African heritage who have made significant contributions to their fields; arranged alphabetically with portraits and interviews when available, and cumulative name, occupation, nationality, and subject indexes.

Contains articles that provide biographical information about fifty-nine men and women of African heritage who have made significant contributions to their fields; arranged alphabetically with portraits and interviews when available, and cumulative name, occupation, nationality, and subject indexes.

Contains articles that provide biographical information about sixty-five men and women of African heritage who have made significant contributions to their fields; arranged alphabetically with portraits and interviews when available, and cumulative name, occupation, nationality, and subject indexes.

Contains articles that provide biographical information about sixty-two men and women of African heritage who have made significant contributions to their fields; arranged alphabetically with portraits and interviews when available, and cumulative name, occupation, nationality, and subject indexes.