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
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Oppression & Resilience
Content: Activism
Settings: Missouri, Northern America, United States of America
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Immigration: Non-Immigrant
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary