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""Halpin persuasively argues that the organization [Brotherhood of Liberty] laid the foundation to later Jim Crow era organizations in the city and the nation.""--Hilary N. Green ""Journal of Urban History"" ""Halpin's recounting of the vigorous activism of black activists in Baltimore makes it clear that the so-called nadir was in no way a period of accommodation or withdrawal from the struggle for full equality.""--Andrew Diemer ""Journal of the Civil War Era"" ""In A Brotherhood of Liberty, Dennis P. Halpin draws attention to a forgotten generation of Baltimore civil rights activists whose work served as the forerunner of well-known national movements. With his local focus and aim of highlighting the victories of African Americans, Halpin augments literature on the Progressive Era with intriguing case studies that illuminate the mechanics of the Black freedom struggle.""--Paige Glotzer ""Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"" ""In A Brotherhood of Liberty, Halpin describes how the African American community of Baltimore used activism to define citizenship and freedom after the Civil War. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of African American politics from the age of Emancipation through the hardening of Jim Crow to the law-and-order policies of the so-called Progressive Era.""-- ""Shawn Alexander, University of Kansas""

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Dennis Patrick Halpin is Associate Professor of History at Virginia Tech.

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