We had a dream : a tale of the struggle for integration in America / Howard Kohn
- Bib ID:
- 1987523
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kohn, Howard
- Description:
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- New York : Simon & Schuster, c1998
- 366 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0684808749
- Summary:
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Back in the innocence of a time when many Americans were eager to bring the races together, a white boy and a black girl fall in love. The boy's father, professing to want the best for his son, breaks up their romance. The years roll forward. Long after the two teenage lovers last saw each other, they are reunited. They are still in love, but for them to marry would still cause great family discord. Will history repeat itself? Thus begins We Had a Dream, Howard Kohn's intricate morality tale about America one generation after the modern era of civil rights activism. Kohn brings us a true story that unfolds against a backdrop of racial politics, suburban culture, and fired-up emotions. The principal characters are sympathetic souls, people who want to make good on the dream. And yet ...
The first love affair soon coincides with a second one. A black boy and a white girl are attracted to each other, but not long after they meet, the boy is found shot to death outside the girl's bedroom, killed by her father, a local police officer. However, the father is not arrested. Instead, his daughter is, charged in a murder conspiracy with her dead boyfriend. And this is still only the beginning of the story.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Maryland -- Prince George's County -- History -- 20th century
- Interracial dating -- Maryland -- Prince George's County
- Interracial marriage -- Maryland -- Prince George's County
- Prince George's County (Md.) -- Race relations
- Prince George's County (Md.) -- Biography
- United States -- Race relations -- Case studies
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2007
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