Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio

by Gary Kornblith and Carol Lasser

Book Overview

Before the Civil War, Oberlin, Ohio, stood in the vanguard of the abolition and black freedom movements. The community, including co-founded Oberlin College, strove to end slavery and establish full equality for all. Yet, in the half-century after the Union victory, Oberlin's resolute stand for racial justice eroded as race-based discrimination pressed down on its African American citizens. In Elusive Utopia, noted historians Gary J. Kornblith...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807176249
• ISBN13: 9780807176245
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"