
A Different Story
A Black History of Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania, Virginia
Book - 1979


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A Discussion of Black History in the Development of Fredericksburg
From the Central Rappahannock Regional Library Black Laws of Virginia: A Summary of the Legislative Acts of Virginia Concerning Negroes from Earliest Times to the Present by June Purcell Guild. A fascinating and disturbing volume originally published in 1936. Civil Rights: Fredericksburg's Story. In this forum sponsored by the Young Adult Department of the Central Rappahannock Regional… (more)
The History of Industry in Fredericksburg
From the Central Rappahannock Regional Library A Different Story: A Black History of Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania, Virginia by Ruth Coder Fitzgerald. These chapters are of particular interest: Chapter 2, Occupations and Owners (Antebellum period) and Chapter 13, Occupations (post-Civil War). Economic Challenge and Mercantile Enterprise in a Southern Urban System: A Case… (more)
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Ruth Coder Fitzgerald's landmark book was the first to share our region's rich history from the African American perspective. Includes an index.
Ruth Coder Fitzgerald's major work on local black history covers through the Civil Rights era.
Ruth Coder Fitzgerald's major work on local black history through the Civil Rights era.
In her groundbreaking work, Ruth Coder Fitzgerald presents an African-American history of our area from colonial times to the present.
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