Biographical accounts of Negroes "successful in a wide variety of careers ranging from the creative arts to the professions of law and medicine, from exploration and invention to publishing and religion." Publisher's note.

Traces the life and careers of four black mayors: Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio; Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana; Charles Evers of Fayette, Mississippi; and Kenneth Gibson of Newark, New Jersey.

A little boy remembers his grandmother before she became ill, and during her long recovery he tries to imagine how things will be when she comes home from the hospital.

As Ludell and Willie prepare to graduate from their high school in a small southern town, they experience events that alter their plans for the future.

Eddie, a former slave, is lonely as he is the only cowboy living on Big Rock Mountain.