Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-288) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR 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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Title
Sarah's long walk.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Roberts, Sarah C.,1844-Trials, litigation, etc.
Roberts, Sarah C.,1844-
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American girls-- Massachusetts-- Boston, Biography.
African Americans-- Segregation-- Massachusetts-- Boston-- History.
Free African Americans-- Civil rights-- Massachusetts-- Boston-- History.