Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
by Sugrue, Thomas J
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0812970381
- ISBN 13
- 9780812970388
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Synopsis
The struggle for racial equality in the North has been a footnote in most books about civil rights in America. Now this monumental new work from one of the most brilliant historians of his generation sets the record straight. 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.Thomas Sugrue's panoramic view sweeps from the 1920s to the present--more than eighty of the most decisive years in American history. He uncovers the forgotten stories of battles to open up lunch counters, beaches, and movie theaters in the North; the untold history of struggles against Jim Crow schools in northern towns; the dramatic story of racial conflict in northern cities and suburbs; and the long and tangled histories of integration and black power.Appearing throughout these tumultuous tales of bigotry and resistance are the people who propelled progress, such as Anna Arnold Hedgeman, a dedicated churchwoman who in the 1930s became both a member of New York's black elite and an increasingly radical activist; A. Philip Randolph, who as America teetered on the brink of World War II dared to threaten FDR with a march on Washington to protest discrimination--and got the Fair Employment Practices Committee ("the second Emancipation Proclamation") as a result; Morris Milgram, a white activist who built the Concord Park housing development, the interracial answer to white Levittown; and Herman Ferguson, a mild-mannered New York teacher whose protest of a Queens construction site led him to become a key player in the militant Malcolm X's movement.Filled with unforgettable characters and riveting incidents, and making use of information and accounts both public and private, such as the writings of obscure African American journalists and the records of civil rights and black power groups, Sweet Land of Liberty creates an indelible history. Thomas Sugrue has written a narrative bound to become the standard source on this essential subject.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title
- Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
- Author
- Sugrue, Thomas J
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0812970381
- ISBN 13
- 9780812970388
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 5x1x7
- Keywords
- AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICANA CIVIL RIGHTS SLAVES SLAVERY RACE RACISM AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES BLACK STUDIES
- X weight
- 19 oz
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