Start learning about George Washington Carver, who was a prominent scientist in the early 20th Century and did much to encourage black people to go to university. We have a matching writing page for children to write down their notes or their own biography, too.
Learning about Harriet Tubman, it is hard to imagine the sort of hardship she endured and overcame, and the bravery that would have been needed to return again and again to the south to rescue more slaves to freedom.