Haskins, James

Haskins, James
Author's Name:

James Haskins

Book(s):

Africa: A Look Back (2007)
John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement (2006)
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights (2005)
Geography of Hope: Black Exodus (2004)
Cecil Poole: A Life in the Law (2002) 
One Love, One Heart: A History of Reggae (2002) 
Champion: The Story of Muhammad Ali (2002)
The Rise of Jim Crow (2002)
Toni Morrison: Magic of Words (2001) 
Conjure Times: The History of Black Magicians in America (2001)
The House That Jack Built: My Life as a Trailblazer in Broadcasting and Entertainment (2001)
Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America (2001)
Following Freedom’s Star: The Story of the Underground Railroad (2001)
Out of the Darkness: The Story of Blacks Moving North 1890-1940 (2000)
One Nation Under a Groove: Rap Music and Its Roots (2000)
Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put “Black” in American History (2000)
Jesse Jackson: Civil Rights Activist (2000)
Distinguished African American Political and Governmental Leaders (1999)
Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World (1999)
African Beginnings (1998)
Separate But Not Equal: The Dream and the Struggle (1998)
Moaning Bones: African American Ghost Stories (1998)
Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans in the Civil War (1998)
I Am Rosa Parks (1997)
Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement (1997)
Power to the People: The Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Party (1997) 
Spike Lee: By Any Means Necessary (1997)
The Harlem Renaissance (1996)
Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam (1996)
The First Black Governor: Pinkney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1996)
Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation (1995)
The Day Fort Sumter Was Fired on: A Photo History of the Civil War (1995)
From Afar to Zulu: A Dictionary of African Cultures (1995)
Freedom Rides: Journey for Justice (1995)
Get On Board (1995)
The Headless Haunt: And Other African-American Ghost Stories (1994)
The Scottsboro Boys (1994)
Adam Clayton Powell: Portrait of a Marching Black (1993)
The Psychology of Black Language (1993)  
The March on Washington (1993)
Rosa Parks: My Story (1992)
The Life of Langston Hughes Always Movin’ on (1992)
Colin Powell: A Biography (1992)
One More River to Cross: The Story of Twelve Black Americans (1992)
Thurgood Marshall: A Life for Justice (1992)
Against All Opposition: Black Explorers in America (1992)
Amazing Grace (1992)
Scatman: An Authorized Biography of Scatman Crothers (1991)
Black Theater in America (1991)
Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions (1991)
Black Dance in America: A History through Its People (1990)
Hamp: An Autobiography (1989)
Sports Great Magic Johnson (1989)
Mr. Bojangles: The Biography of Bill Robinson (1988)
Winnie Mandela (1988)
Bill Cosby: America’s Most Famous Father (1988)
Corazon Aquino: Leader of the Philippines (1988) 
Queen of the Blues: A Biography of Dinah Washington (1987)
Mabel Mercer: A Life (1987)
Black Music in America: A History through Its People (1987)
Double Dutch (1986)
Fighting Shirley Chisholm (1985) 
Break Dancing (1985)
Diana Ross: Star Supreme (1985)
Space Challenger: The Story of Guion Bluford: An Authorized Biography (1984)
James Van Derzee: The Picture Takin’ Man (1984)
Richard Pryor, a Man and His Madness: A Biography (1984)
Nat King Cole (1984)
Bricktop (1983)
Lena Horne (1983)
Sugar Ray Leonard (1982)
Katherine Dunham (1982)
Andrew Young, Man with a Mission (1979)
Street Gangs: Yesterday and Today (1978)
Bob McAdoo (1978)  
From Lew Alcindor to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1978)
George McGinnis: Basketball Superstar (1978)
Barbara Jordan (1978)
Scott Joplin: The Man Who Made Ragtime (1978)
The Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1977)
The Cotton Club (1977)
The Story of Stevie Wonder (1976)
The Long Struggle: The Story of American Labor (1976)
The Creoles of Color of New Orleans (1975)
Doctor J.: A Biography of Julius Erving (1975)
Witchcraft, Mysticism and Magic in the Black World (1974)
Black Manifesto for Education (1973)  
Profiles in Black Power (1972)
Diary of a Harlem School Teacher (1970)

Black Stars Series

African American Religious Leaders (2008)
African Heroes (2005)
Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement (2003)
Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance (2002)
Black Stars of Colonial and Revolutionary Times (2002)  
Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors (2001)
African American Entrepreneurs (1998)
African American Military Heroes (1998)

Count Your Way Series

Count Your Way through Afghanistan (2006)
Count Your Way through Kenya (2006)
Count Your Way through Egypt (2006)
Count Your Way through South Africa (2006)
Count Your Way through Zimbabwe (2006)
Count Your Way through Ireland (1996)
Count Your Way through Brazil (1996)
Count Your Way through France (1996)
Count Your Way through Greece (1996)
Count Your Way through Germany (1990)
Count Your Way through India (1990)
Count Your Way through Italy (1990)
Count Your Way through Israel (1990)
Count Your Way through Canada (1989)
Count Your Way through Africa (1989)
Count Your Way through Korea (1988)
Count Your Way through China (1987)
Count Your Way through Japan (1987)
Count Your Way through Russia (1987)
Count Your Way through the Arab World (1987)