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BL
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951811
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b706181
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| Main Entry
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Kendrick, Stephen,1954-
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| Title & Author
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Sarah's long walk : : the free Blacks of Boston and how their struggle for equality changed America /\ Stephen Kendrick and Paul Kendrick.
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| Publication Statement
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Boston :: Beacon Press,, ©2004.
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xxiii, 300 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0807050180
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: 0807050199
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: 9780807050187
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: 9780807050194
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-288) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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" ... Recovers the stories of white and black Boston; of Beacon Hill in the nineteenth century; of twenty-seven-year-old Robert Morris, the black lawyer who tried the case; and of all the people who participated in this early struggle to desegregate Boston"s schools."--Publishers description.
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Roberts, Sarah C.,1844-Trials, litigation, etc.
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Roberts, Sarah C.,1844-
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African American girls-- Massachusetts-- Boston, Biography.
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African Americans-- Segregation-- Massachusetts-- Boston-- History.
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Free African Americans-- Civil rights-- Massachusetts-- Boston-- History.
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Free African Americans-- Massachusetts-- Boston, Biography.
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Segregation in education-- Massachusetts-- Boston-- History.
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African American girls.
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African Americans-- Segregation.
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Free African Americans.
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Race relations.
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Segregation in education.
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Trials.
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Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.), Biography.
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Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.), History.
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Boston (Mass.), Biography.
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Boston (Mass.), Race relations.
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Massachusetts, Boston, Beacon Hill.
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Massachusetts, Boston.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.896/073074461
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| LC Classification
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F73.9.N4K46 2004
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| NLM classification
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MG 70968rvk
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| Added Entry
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Kendrick, Paul,1983-
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