New York: Avon, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of America's first black Naval aviator, from his childhood in a poor but loving family in segregated Mississippi to his triumph over racism in his determination to become a Navy pilot and to his death in North Korea. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xiii, 300 pp. Business card of actor Garon Grigsby affixed to front endpaper. ISBN: 0-380976897.

Brookfield, CT.: Milbrook Press, 1991, dj. Hardcover first edition - Photograhs By Barbara Kirk. Written for young adults, this tells the story (in her own words) of a young black woman, raised in a foster home and sexually abused by her foster father, who turned to drugs as an escape and is currently trying to rebuild her life. 63 pages. ISBN: 1-878841041.