Earl B. Dickerson: A Voice for Freedom and Equality

by Robert J. Blakely

Book Overview

Recipient of 2007 The Hyde Park Historical Society Paul Cornell Award

At fifteen, Earl Burrus Dickerson stowed away on a train in Canton, Mississippi, fleeing the racial oppression of his native South. But Chicago, the boy's destination, was no haven of racial fairness and equality. His flight north was in fact the beginning of a journey that would last a lifetime--and would forever pit Dickerson against the forces of racial injustice. Earl...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810123355
• ISBN13: 9780810123359
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"