educators

Chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and began admitting African-American students; and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople.

Explores the teaching profession from a critical and experimental standpoint, focusing on the academic preparation required to become a teacher in the United States.

Booker T. Washington, the son of a slave woman and a white man, recounts his rise from slavery to become the most influential black leader of his time in the U.S., and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

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

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

Tells the unforgettable story of how Father Brooks, a Jesuit priest, transformed the lives of a remarkable group of men during one of the most fraught racial periods in the history of our country.

Traces the African American educator's climb to fame and power from his lowly beginnings in a Virginia log cabin in 1865 to a celebrated dinner at the White House in 1901.