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

• Autore: Kendrick Stephen <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Beacon Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.896/073074461
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Boston (Mass.) Race relations; Boston (Mass.) Biography; Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.) Biography; Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.) History
• Altri autori: KendrickPaul <1983->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sarah's long walk
• ISBN: 0-8070-5017-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814691803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II