Globe Black Biographies Author:Marianne Borgardt, Betsy Christopher, Constance Garvin, John Garvin, Barbara Keeler, Charles Murphy, William Netzer, Liane Onish, Steven Otfinoski, Nicholas Singman Celebrities are famous people. In "Globe Black Biographies" you will meet sixteen celebrities. Some, like James Baldwin" are still alive. Others became famous within the last few years. You will learn that in many ways these people are individuals just like you. They had childhoods. They have families, goals, and dreams. Sometimes, they had to o... more »vercome disappointments. Each, in his or her own way, helped make America a better place in which to live.« less