educators

"[A biography of] Ida B. Wells . . . an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s"--Provided by publisher.

An autobiography in which Booker T. Washington, the son of a slave woman and a white man, discusses how he rose from slavery to become one of the most influential African-American leaders in the U.S., and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

[An]... edition of John Gatto's essays and speeches in which the New York City teacher explains why he believes public schools are failures, and discusses what children need to get a valuable education.

Presents the autobiography of Bookter T. Washington, a man who, though born in slavery, escaped bondage, educated himself, and went on to found Tuskegee Institute.

Briefly presents, in graphic novel format, the life and inventions and innovations of agriculturist and educator George Washington Carver.

"A simple biography for early readers about Booker T. Washington's life"--Provided by publisher.

Describes Mary Bethune's struggle to establish a school for black children in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Profiles the career and achievements of Booker T. Washington, the African-American educator who founded the Tuskegee Institute.

Describes how former slave Booker T. Washington, after being invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama, discovered many eager students, but no school, and set out to build his own school, brick by brick.

Dr. Freddie Thomas excelled in more fields in one lifetime than most people would in two or three. He was a historian and a scientist, an inventor, and an author, a book collector, a composer, and a scholar. Born in Virginia, he studied at Virginia State University, Wagner College, Albany Medical School, and the University of Rochester. He did significant biological research at the Eastman Kodak Company and at the University of Rochester, but was also known as an authority in Afro-American and Jewish cultural history. - Summery from City of Rochester.