Carla L. Peterson, Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 6:30 PM
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Members' Room | Open to the Public
Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, she illuminates the greater history of African-American elites in New York City.
Download: black_gotham.mp3