Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl /
Tonya Bolden.
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
- 47 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).
School Library Journal starred Book Links (A.L.A.) Booklist starred
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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