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“Playing the Numbers” Reviewed in the Journal of American History

June 8, 2011 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

Marcy Sacks, Associate Professor of History at Albion College, and author of Before Harlem: The Black Experience in New York City Before WW1, reviews Playing the Numbers in the June 2011 issue of the Journal of American History

Posted in: Publications, Updates Filed under: book review, numbers, playing the numbers

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