Fueled by an unyielding feminist conviction, and against a tide of hostility, on December 3, 1851, Myrtilla Miner, an educator and abolitionist, opened the School for Colored Girls-the only school in Washington, DC, dedicated to training African American students to be teachers.
Frederick Douglass dismissed Myrtilla's plan to open a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South as "e;reckless, almost to the point of madness.
Though early laws prohibited women from becoming soldiers, many women still found ways to serve, even disguising themselves as men to participate in active battle.
The second volume in the True Tales for Young Readers series, this short biography of the civil rights leader is intended for middle school and high school readers.
Sarah Winnemucca, a Northern Plains Indian, lived in the last half of the nineteenth century when white settlers were moving west into land the Paiutes had inhabited for thousands of years.
Famous 19th century composer Ludwig van Beethoven compsed hundreds of works in his lifetime, including the well-known Moonlight Sonata and Symphony No.
A teacher and principal, a lawyer, an entertainer, a diplomat, and a writer, James Weldon Johnson spent his entire life working to help African Americans gain the rights and respect they deserved.
The author of such poems as I, To; Sing America; and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Langston Hughes combined his experiences and emotions with the rhythms and themes he found in jazz music to create an exciting new style of poetry.
Taking a rare look beyond the myths and legends surrounding Sacagawea's life, this extraordinary illustrated history recounts the known facts about a remarkable women and her contribution to one of America's greatest journeys of exploration.
