The Invisible Line A Secret History of Race in America

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ISBN: 9780143120636 | 0143120638
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/31/2012

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One of the nation's most accomplished historians unravels the stories of three extraordinary families from different eras in American history to represent the complexity of race in America, and to force readers to rethink assumptions about race, racism, and civil rights.

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Author's Note	p. xi
Family Trees	p. xiv
Introduction: The House Behind the Cedars	p. 1
GIBSON: Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1768	p. 13
WALL: Rockingham, North Carolina, 1838	p. 27
SPENCER: Clay County, Kentucky, 1848	p. 39
GIBSON: New Haven, Connecticut, 1850-55	p. 53
SPENCER: Jordan Gap, Johnson County, Kentucky, 1855	p. 73
WALL: Oberlin, Ohio, September 1858	p. 85
CIVIL WAR: Wall, Gibson, and Spencer, 1859-63	p. 103
CIVIL WAR: Wall and Gibson, 1863-66	p. 119
GIBSON; Mississippi, New Orleans, and New York, 1866-68	p. 135
WALL: Washington, D.C. June 14, 1871	p. 151
SPENCER: Jordan Gap, Johnson County, Kentucky, 1870s	p. 169
GIBSON: Washington, D.C., 1878	p. 181
WALL: Washington, D.C, January 21, 1880	p. 197
GIBSON: Washington, D.C, New Orleans, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1888-92	p. 215
WALL: Washington, D.C, 1890-91	p. 229
SPENCER: Jordan Gap, Johnson County, Kentucky, ca. 1900	p. 241
WALL: Washington, D.C, 1909	p. 253
SPENCER: Home Creek, Buchanan County, Virginia, 1912	p. 273
GIBSON: Paris and Chicago, 1931-33	p. 293
WALL: Freeport, Long Island, 1946	p. 307
Epilogue	p. 321
Acknowledgments	p. 331
Notes	p. 337
Index	p. 385
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The Invisible Line A Secret History of Race in America

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