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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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  • Title A Stronger Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith
  • Author Anna-Lisa Cox
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company, London, United Kingdom
  • Publication date 2006-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780316110181 / 0316110183
  • Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 7.11 x 0.87 in (22.35 x 18.06 x 2.21 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Great Lakes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Michigan
    • Topical: Black History
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Michigan - Covert, Whites - Michigan - Covert (Township) -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005020332
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.896

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2006, Page 19
  • Choice, 12/01/2006, Page 702
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2005, Page 1308
  • Library Journal, 02/15/2006, Page 130
  • Multicultural Review, 12/01/2007, Page 68
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/19/2005, Page 57

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Anna-Lisa Cox is the author of A Stronger Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith, and an award-winning historian. Currently a fellow at Harvard University's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, she also recently helped create two historical exhibits based on her original research at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, including one on black pioneers. She lives in Michigan.
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