Feb 1, 2018 · Though Lilly Ann faced much higher penalties there in restarting her school, she expanded her education efforts. However, when the patrollers caught her leading her slave school—the punishment for which was 39 lashes—the authorities found “no law against a slave teaching a slave.”

Born into slavery, Lilly Ann secretly learned to read and write from her master’s children—and then read everything she could get her hands on. Wishing to share her knowledge with others, she secretly taught hundreds of other enslaved people despite the great risks.

Jan 1, 2018 · "Midnight Teacher, Lilly Ann Granderson and her Secret School," by Janet Halfmann, illustrated by London Ladd, is an important true story of a slave who dedicated her life to educating fellow slaves. Lilly Ann Granderson secretly taught many slaves to read and write before and after the Civil war.

Are you as brave as the Midnight Teacher? Listen to find out how Lillie Ann Granderson is a true inspiration.

To share her knowledge with others, she started a midnight school. In a small cabin hidden in a back alley, Lilly Ann held her secret classes. Every noise in the dark was a reminder of the punishment she and her students faced if they were found out. But the chance to …

This picture book for mid- to upper-elementary tells the story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an enslaved woman who taught hundreds of people in Kentucky and Mississippi to read. Her schools were held in secrecy and under threat of severe punishment.

Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School. Then ask students what they think this book will most likely be about and whom the book might be about.

Midnight Teacher is an inspiring testament to an amazing instructor and pioneer in education. Lilly Ann Granderson's steadfast courage in the face of adversity provides an...

As a freedwoman, she was hired as a teacher by the American Missionary Association. Share with the youth the importance of literacy and the struggle to make it possible for Black children. Read to them Janet Halfmann’s “Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School.”