Steamboat School

Steamboat School

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Author/Contributor(s): Hopkinson, Deborah
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Date: 06/07/2016
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: NEW
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.