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First martyr of liberty : Crispus Attucks in American memory / Mitch Kachun.

Van Pelt Library E185.97.A86 K33 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kachun, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alan), author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Attucks, Crispus, -1770--Influence.
Attucks, Crispus.
Attucks, Crispus, -1770.
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans.
Revolutionaries--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
Revolutionaries.
Boston Massacre, 1770.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Massachusetts--Boston.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xi, 308 pages ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Contents:
Who was this man?
The dustbin of history: Crispus Attucks and American amnesia, 1770s-1840s
First martyr of liberty: Crispus Attucks and the struggle for citizenship in the Civil War era
Crispus Attucks meets Jim Crow: the segregation of American memory, 1870s-1910s
Crispus Attucks meets the new Negro: Black history and Black heroes between the world wars
Crispus Attucks meets Dorie Miller: Black patriotism and activism in the World War II era
Crispus Attucks and the Black freedom struggle, 1950s-1970s
Crispus Attucks from the bicentennial to the culture wars, 1970s-1990s
Crispus Attucks in twenty-first century America.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Kachun, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alan). First martyr of liberty.
ISBN:
9780199731619
0199731616
OCLC:
975367767

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