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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Browne, Arthur.

One righteous man : Samuel Battle and the shattering of the color line in New York / Arthur Browne.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN 978-0-8070-1261-1 (ebook)
ISBN 978-0-8070-1260-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Battle, Samuel J., 1883-1966. 2. African American police—New York (State)—New York—Biography. 3. Police—
New York (State)—New York—Biography. 4. New York (N.Y.) Police Department—Biography. 5. New York (N.Y.)—
Race relations. I. Title.

HV7911.B38B76 2015

363.2092—dc23

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