Montrew Dunham

"Halie" Jackson grew up in poverty on the levees of New Orleans. But every Sunday young Mahalia sang proudly in the church choir, the youngest member at age five! She left school after eighth grade and worked as a maid to help support her family. However, her passion for singing her special brand of music known as "gospel" never waned.

A biography stressing the childhood of America's first woman poet who became known as "The Tenth Muse."

A biography of the black man who eventually realized his dream of becoming a writer.

Holmes began his career as a lawyer and eventually became Justice of the United States Supreme Court. His early life appears here.