One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York by Arthur Browne

One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York

Arthur Browne

336 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
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A history of African Americans in New York City from the 1910s to 1960, told through the life of Samuel Battle, the New York Police Department’s first black officer.  When Samuel Battle broke the color line as New York City’s first African America...

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