Book Review: Fredrick L. McGhee:A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912, by Paul D. Nelson
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2002
Publication Information
58 Minnesota History 188 (2002)
Abstract
This article favorably reviews a book about African American lawyer Fredrick L. McGhee. The book is dense with facts gleaned from newspapers, government documents—court files, death certificates, census records—and other sources. Occasionally the data clouds the figure of McGhee the man. Nelson skillfully pieces bits of fact together for a portrait of a thoughtful and outspoken public activist for justice. This finely researched book gives a satisfying account of McGhee and his milieu, even as it leaves the reader with mysteries to ponder.
Repository Citation
Juergens, Ann, "Book Review: Fredrick L. McGhee:A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912, by Paul D. Nelson" (2002). Faculty Scholarship. 171.
https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/facsch/171