African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Publication Date: Dec 01, 2007
List Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback, 155 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9781596293151
Imprint: The History Press
Publisher: The History Press
Parent Company: The History Press
Paperback Description:
Beginning in 1541 with Hernando De Soto’s Spanish expedition for gold, African Americans have held a prominent place in Chattanooga’s history. Author Rita Lorraine Hubbard chronicles the ways African Americans have shaped Chattanooga, and presents inspirational achievements that have gone largely unheralded over the years. Did you know that Chattanooga is:
the hometown of the first African American appointed to lead counsel on a Supreme Court case
the home of the nation’s oldest student, who learned to read at age 116
the home of the African American blacksmith who put shackles on the "Andrew’s Raiders" after the Great Locomotive Chase
the site of one of the first integrated police departments in the South and so much more!"
Beginning in 1541 with Hernando De Soto’s Spanish expedition for gold, African Americans have held a prominent place in Chattanooga’s history. Author Rita Lorraine Hubbard chronicles the ways African Americans have shaped Chattanooga, and presents inspirational achievements that have gone largely unheralded over the years. Did you know that Chattanooga is:
the hometown of the first African American appointed to lead counsel on a Supreme Court case
the home of the nation’s oldest student, who learned to read at age 116
the home of the African American blacksmith who put shackles on the "Andrew’s Raiders" after the Great Locomotive Chase
the site of one of the first integrated police departments in the South and so much more!"
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