Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden.
By: Bolden, Tonya.
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BookPublisher: New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005Description: 47 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0810950456 (reinf. bdg.); 1415578060 (BWI bdg.).Subject(s): Lyons, Maritcha Rémond, 1848-1929 -- Juvenile literature | African American girls -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Free African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature | New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature | New York (State) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature | New York (State) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature | Lyons, Maritcha Rémond, 1848-1929 | African American girls -- Biography | Free African Americans -- Biography | African Americans -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | New York (State) -- Race relations | Lyons, Maritcha Rémond, 1848-1929 | African American girls -- Biography | African Americans -- Social life and customs | New York (State) -- Race relationsDDC classification: 974.7/1/00496073 | B Summary: Presents the personal memoirs of Maritcha Remond Lyons who was born in nineteenth-century New York City and describes how she and her family escaped to Rhode Island during the 1863 Draft riots and how she overcame prejudice to become the first African-American person to graduate from Providence High School
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).
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Presents the personal memoirs of Maritcha Remond Lyons who was born in nineteenth-century New York City and describes how she and her family escaped to Rhode Island during the 1863 Draft riots and how she overcame prejudice to become the first African-American person to graduate from Providence High School
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