Walking the East End: A Historic African-American Community in West Chester, Pennsylvania

A short history of an Historic African-American Community in West Chester, Pennsylvania,

This self-guided walking tour is illustrated with numerous photographs, many of them offering a rare glimpse into the 19th-century lives of early black entrepreneurs.

The book also documents the Civil Rights era: Bayard Rustin,famous as the chief tactician of nonviolent action and the organizer of the March of 1963, was born and raised in the East End.