Ebook: Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
Author: Sugrue Thomas J
- Tags: African American civil rights workers--Northeastern States, African Americans--Civil rights--Northeastern States--History--20th century, Bürgerrechtsbewegung, Civil rights movements--Northeastern States--History--20th century, Civil rights workers--Northeastern States, POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights, Schwarze, African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States--History-
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- City: New York;Northeastern States;United States;USA
- Edition: 1st ed
- Language: English
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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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