Name/Title
Altars in the StreetEntry/Object ID
2023.23.1Description
Altars in the Street is the personal chronicle of Melody Ermachild Chavis, who bought a house in what was a quiet interracial neighborhood on the south side of Berkeley, California, but which became a place where drugs and violence were growth industries. It is about the life of a mother trying with other mothers to raise children in a dangerous world.Lexicon
Search Terms
Community development, Crime prevention, Political activists, BuddhismOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
File numberOther Number
HN80.B54 C47 1997Dimensions
Dimension Notes
x, 257 pages ; 22 cmBook Details
Place Published
* Untyped Place Published
New YorkDate Published
1997Call No.
HN80.B54C47 1997