Title: Reaching for freedom: Paul Cuffe, Norbert Rillieux, Ira Aldridge, James McCune Smith
Description: Short biographies of four men who overcame racial obstacles to become famous as a sea captain, an inventor, an actor, and a doctor.
Subjects: African Americans, Biography, Juvenile literature
People: Ira Frederick Aldridge (d. 1867), James McCune Smith (1813-1865), Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894), Paul Cuffe (1759-1817)