One righteous man
Subtitle: Samuel Battle and the shattering of the color line in New York
By: Arthur Browne
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780807012604
Subjects: Race relations; Police; African American police; New York (N.Y.).; New York (N.Y.). Police Department; Biography
Other titles: Samuel Battle and the shattering of the color line in New York
Description: "A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents a history of African Americans in New York City from the 1910 to 1960 as told through the life of the city's first black police officer who, fearing his racist colleagues just as much as the criminal element, became an unheralded figure in the fight for civil rights,"--Novelist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Quest; title: Struggle; title: Betrayed; title: Command; title: Respect; title: Forgotten.