A Stronger Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith
- ISBN-10
- 0316075698
- ISBN-13
- 9780316075695
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-05-30
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Author
- Anna-Lisa Cox
Description
Starting in the 1860s, the people of Covert, Michigan, broke laws and barriers to attempt what then seemed impossible: to love one's neighbor as oneself. This is the inspiring, true story of an extraordinary town where blacks and whites lived as equals.
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Other editions
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- 2007-09-06
- 300 pages
- Paperback
- U of Nebraska Press
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