Harriet Tubman – an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made thirteen missions to rescue hundreds of slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's
suffrage.
2. Sojourner Truth – an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist; her best-known speech on racial inequalities, Ain't I a Woman?, was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army; after the war, Truth tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for former slaves.
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3. Ida B. Wells - one of the great pioneer activists of the Civil Rights movement. A precursor of Rosa Parks, she was a suffragist, newspaper editor and publisher, investigative journalist, co-founder of the
NAACP, political candidate, mother, wife, and the single most powerful leader in the anti-lynching campaign in America. Ida's unflagging efforts on behalf of civil rights were the cornerstone in the fight
against Jim Crow laws and were at the heart of the Civil Rights movement of the 50s and 60s.
? TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in grades 4 - 12
? TIME: Two sessions: one at 9:00 AM CENTRAL TIME and one at 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME
? COST: Cost for a videoconference session is $75 to cover some of the expenses in preparing the videoconference and testing and delivering the videoconference.
? FORMAT: Approximately 45 minutes in length. Format is about 25-30 minutes for the presentation and 15-20 minutes for an interactive question and answer session with the students and presenter.
Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool
