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Sweet land of liberty: the forgotten struggle for civil rights in the North

By Thomas J , Sugrue

Book information

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Year
2008
ISBN
9781588367563, 1588367568
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2217204 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
(xxviii, 688 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
African American civil rights workers--Northeaster

Description

Sweet Land of Liberty is an epic, revelatory account of the abiding quest for justice in states from Illinois to New York, and of how the intense northern struggle differed from and was inspired by the fight down South.;Introduction -- I. Unite and fight. "sweet land of liberty" ; "Pressure, more pressure and still more pressure" ; "1776 for the Negro" -- II. Hearts and minds. "Balance of power" ; "No place for Colored" ; God have pity on such a city" ; "No rights more elemental" -- III. Freedom now. "New frontier" ; "Fires of frustration and discord" ; "Long hot summer" ; "Unconditional war" ; "The Blackman's land" ; "It's not the bus, it's us" ; "Fighting for our lives" -- Epilogue.

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