student readings
When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. The framers of the Constitution always hoped that our leadership would not be limited to Americans of wealth or family connections. Subject to the prejudices of their time—many of them owned slaves—most would not have foreseen an African American president.
Books Read by Central High School Students:
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
Written by Kathryn Lasky
Read by Sydney Brown
So You Want to Build A Library
Written by Lindsay Leslie
Read by Antonio Yantas
