Encourage students to take an in-depth view of the people and events of specific eras of American history. Nonfiction reading comprehension is emphasized along with research, writing, critical thinking, working with maps, and more. 

Topics in this title include:

• African Americans in Early America
• Leaders Before the Civil War
• War, Reconstruction, and Segregation
• Leaders from the Civil War to the Great Depression
• African American Heroes, 1865-1940
• The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970
• Moments and Movers in the Civil Rights Movement.