Inching on up

Softcover 4to, 56pp. Very Good with moderate scuffing to covers, rubbing wear to the spine and age toning. Nine profiles of people for whom schools in the Cardozo area of Washington, D.C. (NW) were named, intended for the use of students. Nicely illustrated. Date from OCLC, which locates 5 copies. "The stories of these nine people help tell a part of American History not often told. They tell of the early achievements of black men. They tell of black people aware of their blackness and fighting to improve the lot of themselves and their brothers in America. They tell of courage and struggle. They tell of the help of some unusual whites. And, finally they tell the shameful story of "Reconstruction," when the hope symbolized by Banneker - for which Tubman, Garnet and Garrison worked so hard - was destroyed by the power of white racism."