Somm^liLOW African-American Life in a Northern Community, 1790-1965 Kathryn Grover BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY No Sor::3rthepropc Boc:on Public Lt::. Sale of this material benefits the Library;. Digitized by the Internet Archive 2016 in https://archive.org/details/makewaysomehowafOOgrov MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW s The John Ben Snow Prize This prize is given annually by the Press for an original manuscript of non- fiction dealing with some aspect of New York State. 1978 Warrior in Two Camps William H. Armstrong 1979 Black Education in New York State Carleton Mabee 1980 Landmarks of Otsego County Dow Diantha Schull 1981 Joseph Brant, iy4}-i8oy Isabel Thompson Kelsay 1982 Upstate Travels Roger Haydon 1983 Gustav Stickley, the Craftsman Mary Ann Smith 1984 Images of Rural Life DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County Marietta Holley Kate H. Winter 1985 Upstate Literature Frank Bergmann, editor et al. 1986 Proud Patriot Don R. Gerlach 1987 Old-Time Music Makers of New York State Simon Bronner J. 1988 No prize given 1989 Landmarks of Oswego County Judith Wellman 1990 Clear Pond Roger Mitchell 1991 Women's Humor in the Age of Gentility Linda A, Morris 1992 Make a Way Somehow Kathryn Grover Way Make a Soraeliow African-American Life in A Community Northern 1790-1965 Kathryn Grover S!U SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS N V Copyright © 1994 by The Strong Museum and The Geneva Historical Society ALL RIGHTS RESERVED First Edition 1994 654321 94 95 96 97 98 99 Research for this book was funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Geneva Historical Society, and the Strong Museum. This book is published with the assistance of a grant from the John Ben Snow Foundation. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American — National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. (op)“ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grover, Kathryn, 1953- Make a way somehow African-American life in a northern ; — community, 1790-1965 / Kathryn Grover. 1st ed. cm. p. Includes bibliographical references and index. — ISBN 0-8156-2626-6 (cloth). ISBN 0-8156-2627-4 — — — 1 Afrn-Amprirans pw York (State) Geneva History. 2. Geneva 94-9827 Manufactured in the United States of America my For parents, who taught me to look at the other side. Kathryn Grover an independent researcher, writer, and editor is New in American history. She lives in Bedford, Massachusetts.