Remembering Lucile: A Virginia Family’s Rise from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile High

Synopsis

The University Of Colorado Erroneously Recognized Dr. Ruth Cave Flowers As Its First Black Graduate. In 1918--six Years Before Flowers's Graduation--lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones Received Her Bachelor's Degree. Mclean Introduces This Woman Who Lived Through An Extraordinary Time And Rectifies The Omission From Institutional History--provided By Publisher. Prologue : Her Voice Can Be Heard -- Inquiry And Epiphany -- Born In Slavery : The Master, The Mistress, And Their Chattel -- The Berkeleyes : A Slave Named Harriet Bishop, And Her Daughter, Sarah -- Slavery's Chain Done Broke At Last -- Colorado And The Promise Of Freedom -- From Denver's Bottoms To P.t. Barnum's Town -- Education, Politics And Leisure -- The Frontier In Our Souls -- School, Community, And Love Lost -- A Fly In The Buttermilk : Colorado And The World Of Higher Education -- Goin' To Kansas City : Education And Baseball -- It's Mister Jones, If You Please! -- Chicago, Take Two -- Lincoln Was A Republican, That's All I Need To Know! -- Coming Home And Going Home -- Epilogue: The End Of The Living Line. Polly E. Bugros Mclean. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.