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The invisible line : three American families and the secret journey from Black to white
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Title
The invisible line : three American families and the secret journey from Black to white / Daniel J. Sharfstein.
ISBN
9781594202827 (hbk.)
1594202826 (hbk.)
Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
One of the nation's most accomplished historians unravels the stories of three extraordinary families from different eras in American history to represent the complexity of race in America, and to force readers to rethink assumptions about race, racism, and civil rights.
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Internet Archive collection.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-383) and index.
Contents
Gibson : Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1768
Wall : Rockingham, North Carolina, 1838
Spencer : Clay County, Kentucky, 1848
Gibson : New Haven, Connecticut, 1850-55
Spencer : Jordan Gap, Johnson County Kentucky, 1855
Wall : September 1858, Oberlin, Ohio
Civil War : Wall, Gibson, and Spencer
Civil War : Wall & Gibson
Gibson : February 2, 1866
Wall : Washington, D.C., June 14, 1871
Spencer : Jordan Gap, Johnson County, Kentucky, 1870s
Gibson : Washington, D.C., 1878
Wall : Washington, D.C., January 21, 1880
Gibson : Washington, New Orleans, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1888-92
Wall : Washington, D.C., 1890-91
Spencer : Jordan Gap, Spring 1900
Wall : Washington, D.C., 1909
Spencer : Home Creek, Buchanan County, Virginia 1912
Gibson : Paris, 1931
Wall : Freeport, Long Island, 1946.
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