African American Heritage in the Upper Housatonic Valley: A Project of the Upper Housatonic Valley Heritage Area
- ISBN-10
- 1933782080
- ISBN-13
- 9781933782089
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 230
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-01-01
- Authors
- DAVID LEVINSON, Rachel Fletcher, Frances Jones-Sneed
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