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Based on the short story by Ernest J. Gaines. In rural Louisiana in the 1940's, a young black boy accompanies his mother into town and absorbs valuable lessons of pride, charity and dignity.

Includes the most widely read novels and short stories of the Harlem Renaissance.

A series of vignettes reveal life in the Deep South for African Americans as they experience discrimination in a doctor's office, lynching, and other forms of oppression, especially during the 1960s.

After getting a makeover, Nina catches the eye of the cutest guy in school, as well as that of the meanest girl; Mia does what it takes to stand out in her prep school; and Giselle, after spending the summer in the Dominican Republic, becomes a whole new person.

Presents all 103 of African-American author Paul Laurence Dunbar's stories, written between 1890 and 1905, and includes an introduction and chronological story list.