african american legislators

Follows the life of J. C. Watts, who played professional football, served as a Baptist minister, and became the first Republican African-American to be elected to Congress from Oklahoma.

Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, civil rights lawyer, and President of the United States.

Biography of John Lewis, civil rights worker and member of the House of Representatives, discussing his participation in several events in the civil rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s and his terms as a congressman from Georgia during the late 1980s and 1990s.

Photographs and text present the biography of United States Senator Carol Moseley-Braun discussing her childhood, life, and political career.

Draws on archival documents and congressional records to describe the efforts of the first African-American congressmen during the Reconstruction period to establish reforms such as public education and equal rights, and the humiliation and prejudice they encountered from their white opponents.

A biography of forty-fourth U.S. President Barack Obama, covering his multicultural childhood, education, the influence of his father, connection to Civil Rights, and rise to the presidency after a long campaign, and includes a timeline and glossary.

A biography of the African-American who began life in a poor, black neighborhood in Eufaula, Oklahoma, in 1957, and went on to become a United States congressman.

A biography of the first African-American women to be elected to the Texas State Senate and the first African-American women from the South to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

A detailed biography of President Barack Obama that describes how he was raised by a single mother and his grandparents, his education at Harvard Law, political career, and other related topics.

Biography of John Lewis, civil rights worker and member of the House of Representatives, discussing his participation in several events in the civil rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s and his terms as a congressman from Georgia during the late 1980s and 1990s.