This collection in the "Black Stars" Series profiles the courageous defenders of America-from Revolutionary War heroes such as Peter Salem and Civil War freedom fighter Harriet Tubman to Generals Benjamin O. Davis and Colin Powell.

This new collection in the popular Black Stars Series profiles the courageous defenders of America-from Revolutionary War heroes such as Peter Salem and Civil War freedom fighter Harriet Tubman to Generals Benjamin O. Davis and Colin Powell.

THE EARLY YEARS.
Private Peter Salem.
Private Austin Dabney.
Private Lemuel Haynes.
Deborah Sampson.
Seaman John Bathan Vashon.
William Goyens.
THE CIVIL WAR YEARS AND RECONSTRUCTION.
Major Martin R. Delany.
Lieutenant Peter Vogelsang.
Harriet Tubman.
Governor Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback.
Captain Michael A. Healy.
Congressman Robert Smalls.
Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood.
Sergeant William H. Carney.
Sergeant George Washington Williams.
INTO THE NEW CENTURY.
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper.
Colonel Charles A. Young.
Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Private Henry Johnson.
MODERN TIMES.
Major General Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley.
Seaman Dorie Miller.
Second Lieutenant Vernon J. Baker.
General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
Admiral Samuel L. Gravely Jr.
Brigadier General Hazel W. Johnson.
General Colin L. Powell.
Brigadier General Sherian Cadoria.
Colonel Guion S. Bluford Jr
Commander Robert O. Goodman Jr.
Chronology.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Picture Credits.
Index.