A Stronger Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith [B1338]

2006 HCDJ in excellent condition. Starting in the 1860s, the people of Covert, Michigan, broke laws and barriers to attempt what then seemed impossible: to love one's neighbor as oneself. This is the inspiring, true story of an extraordinary town where blacks and whites lived as equals.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "The author tells the fascinating history o Covert, a small Michigan town that became an oasis of racial equality in the years leading up to the Civil War and remained so well into the twentieth century while the rest of the nation backslid on the issue of racial justice. African Americans never comprised more than ten percent of the population, yet they participated fully in the life of the community--owning property, winning elections for local offices, attending mixed race schools, and worshipping in mixed race churches. What would our nation look like today if most Americans had acted as the residents of Covert acted? Perhaps what really needs to be explained is, why didn't we?"; "This should be required reading in schools today. This book depicts the reality of the ideals and ideas this country was founded upon. It is a book of hope. It is a book of ordinary people who did unordinary things. It is a book of what America should be."