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

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.

Author: Anna-Lisa Cox
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.80h x 7.11w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780316110181
Award: Michigan Notable Books - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/19/2005 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2005 pg. 1308
Library Journal 02/15/2006 pg. 130
Booklist 02/01/2006 pg. 19
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 702
Multicultural Review 12/01/2007 pg. 68

About the Author
Anna-Lisa Cox is the author of A Stronger Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith, and an award-winning historian. Currently a fellow at Harvard University's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, she also recently helped create two historical exhibits based on her original research at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, including one on black pioneers. She lives in Michigan.