There is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America

There is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America
ISBN-10
0156890895
ISBN-13
9780156890892
Series
There Is a River
Category
African Americans
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
1981
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Vincent Harding

Description

Presents Black history in America as a force of strong resistance to racism and slavery rather than accommodation and discusses the people and events of this struggle

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