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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814691803321

Autore

Kendrick Stephen <1954->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Beacon Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8070-5017-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KendrickPaul <1983->

Disciplina

305.896/073074461

Soggetti

Free African Americans - Civil rights - Massachusetts - Boston - History

African Americans - Segregation - Massachusetts - Boston - History

Segregation in education - Massachusetts - Boston - History

Free African Americans - Massachusetts - Boston

African American girls - Massachusetts - Boston

Boston (Mass.) Race relations

Boston (Mass.) Biography

Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.) Biography

Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Map on endpapers.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- contents -- Introduction: Brown and Before -- Part 1: A Star in the East -- One: The Lawyer -- Two: The Slopes of Beacon Hill -- Three: Through the Vestry Window -- Four: First Class -- Five: "Mr. Prejudice" -- Part 2: Equality before the Law -- Six: The Client -- Seven: A Gathering Tempest -- Eight: No Neutrals -- Nine: A Brahmin of Black Beacon Hill -- Ten: The Argument -- Eleven: A Doctrine Is Born -- Part 3: Let Us Be Bold -- Twelve: Vigilance -- Thirteen: New Alliances, New Divisions -- Fourteen: So Close to Passing -- Fifteen: September 3, 1855 -- Sixteen: Rock the Cradle of Liberty -- Epilogue: Brown and Beyond -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.