“… sometimes courage is just an ordinary boy… doing a small thing, as small as picking up a pencil.” Reverend John Berry Meachum was no ordinary boy. Born a slave, Reverend John later purchased his freedom and began offering “religious and secular education to free and enslaved black St. Louisan’s.” STEAMBOAT SCHOOL by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by… Read more »
Sunday, January 22, 2017
