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Boss of Black Brooklyn : the life and times of Bertram L. Baker / Ron Howell.
Van Pelt Library F128.5.B35 H69 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, Ron, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baker, Bertram L. (Bertram Llewellyn), 1898-1985.
- Baker, Bertram L.
- Politicians--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Politicians.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 218 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 The Lasting Anger of an Abandoned Son p. 10
- 2 Irene: Baker Forever, but Never a Boss p. 32
- 3 Searching for a Band of Brothers p. 44
- 4 A "Coloured" West Indian in the Realm of the Irish and the Jews p. 65
- 5 The American Tennis Association as a Brotherhood/Sisterhood p. 83
- 6 Climbing the Ladder to Elective Office p. 91
- 7 On a Mission in the 1950s: Desegregation of Housing p. 97
- 8 Master of Black Compromise p. 108
- 9 The 1960s, Political Reform, and Personal Tragedy p. 126
- 10 Irene, in the End, Became His Connection to Home and Mother p. 149.
- ISBN:
- 9780823280995
- 0823280993
- OCLC:
- 1022984761
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