Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes. Oral History of Detroit's African-American Community, 1918-67, Paperback - Elaine Moon

This is the history of Detroit's African American community told by the men and women who lived it.

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African American schools in the segregated South faced enormous obstacles in educating their students. But some of these schools succeeded in provi...

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