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Author:

Kendrick, Stephen, 1954-

Title:

Sarah's long walk : the free Blacks of Boston and how their struggle for equality changed America / Stephen Kendrick and Paul Kendrick.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xxiii, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Free African Americans--History.--Boston--Boston--History.
African Americans--History.--Boston--Boston--History.
Segregation in education--Boston--Boston--History.
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations.
Roberts, Sarah C.,--b. 1844--Trials, litigation, etc.
Free African Americans--Boston--Boston--Biography.
African American girls--Boston--Boston--Biography.
Boston (Mass.)--Biography.
Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.)--Biography.
Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.)--History.

Other Authors:

Kendrick, Paul, 1983-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-288) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Brown and before -- A star in the East. The lawyer ; Slopes of Beacon Hill ; Through the vestry window ; First class ; Mr. Prejudice -- Equality before the law. The client ; A gathering tempest ; No neutrals ; A Brahmin of Black Beacon Hill ; The argument ; A doctrine is born -- Let us be bold. Vigilance ; New alliances, new divisions ; So close to passing ; September 3, 1855 ; Rock the cradle of liberty -- Epilogue : Brown and beyond.

ISBN:

9780807050187 (alk. paper)
0807050180 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004015085

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)