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Ron Husband
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Ron Husband.
Hopkinson's story based on true events introduces former slave John Meachum's important achievement. In 1847 St. Louis, narrator James's school in the church basement is shut down by a Missouri law prohibiting African American education. Reverend John's brilliant workaround moves the school out of state--to a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Husband's crosshatched art captures moving small details. Author's note included. Reading list, websites.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
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