Frank Carlson Library

The course of the Civil War from Bull Run and on to Reconstruction is documented with photographs in this book which considers not just military maneuvers and politics but also the war's effect on women, Blacks, and children.

Discusses the Underground Railroad, the secret, loosely organized network of people and places that helped many slaves escape north to freedom.

In 1956, Colin Pwell enrolled int he Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) as a college sophomore. He didn't realize then that he would devote his life to the military-or that he would one day be the first black man to rise to the very top of its ranks. Soon, Colin Powell oversaw the rescue of the nation of Kuwait, and became a hero to many Americans.

A collection of ghost stories and anecdotes that are part of the folklore of African Americans.

Uses the experiences of two individuals, Ada "Bricktop" Smith and Joe Jones, to present the story of the Great Migration of Southern Blacks to northern cities from the late 1800s to the years after World War I.