"A classic. . . . [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the understanding of race and the American legal process."—Judge A. Leon Higginbotham,
This detailed history of the famous Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York City, begins with its organization in 1809 and continues through its relocations, its famous senior pastors, and its m
Revised versions of 14 papers presented at the conference "Blacks and Jews: An American Historical Perspective" (December 1993, Washington U., St. Louis) treat the opposing themes of convergence in ex