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Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
188 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Forced to drop out of school at the age of fourteen to help support her family, Angela, an Italian immigrant, works long hours for low wages in a garment factory, and becomes a participant in the shirtwaist worker strikes of 1909.