Democratic presidential electors revolt against Trump. The Electoral College could see a historic number of 'faithless electors.'. Some presidential electors are lobbying their counterparts in other states to reject their oaths to vote against Donald Trump when the Electoral College meets on Dec. 19. | AP Photo.
*William Still - Former slave who purchased his own freedom and then became a leader in the Underground Railroad. He also wrote a book preserving the stories of escaped slaves. *Frederick Douglass - African-American abolitionist and publisher of the North Star newspaper.
Of course, it is hard to teach exactly what the Underground Railroad signified to young children, but we can teach them about what it means to take leadership and become a hero such as Harriet Tubman, William Wells Brown, Thomas Garrett, Susan B. Anthony, Levi Coffin, and Fredrick Douglass, just to name a few.