@article{771868, author = {Hopkinson, Deborah, and Husband, Ron,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/771868}, title = {Steamboat school : inspired by a true story : St. Louis, Missouri: 1847 /}, abstract = {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.}, recid = {771868}, pages = {1 volume (unpaged) :}, }