What kept abolition alive in Boston? -- The Federal Elections Bill of 1890 and Boston's upper class -- Booker T. Washington and Boston's Black upper class -- Race, gender, and class: the legacy of Lucy Stone -- William Monroe Trotter -- White into Black: Boston's NAACP, 1909-1920 -- Irish-Americans and the legacy of John Boyle O'Reilly -- Life experience and the law: the cases of Holmes, Lewis, and Storey.