Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
Summary: |
In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans. |
Bibliog.: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Subject: |
Meachum, John B., 1789-1854 -- Juvenile fiction.
|
|
Education -- Juvenile fiction.
|
|
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
|
Genre: |
Biographical fiction.
|
Contributors: |
Husband, Ron, illustrator.
|
ISBN/ISSN: |
9781423121961 |
|
1423121961 |
|