Sweet land of liberty : the forgotten struggle for civil rights in the North / Thomas J. Sugrue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sugrue, Thomas J., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--Northeastern States--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Race relations.

History.

Civil rights workers.

African American civil rights workers.

Civil rights movements.

Northeastern States.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements--Northeastern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

United States.

African American civil rights workers--Northeastern States--Biography.

Civil rights workers--Northeastern States--Biography.

Northeastern States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 688 pages, 16 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 21 cm

Edition:

Random House Trade Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Unite and fight

"Sweet land of liberty"

"Pressure, more pressure and still more pressure"

"1776 for the Negro"

Hearts and minds

"Balance of power"

"No place for Colored"

"God have pity on such a city"

"No right more elemental"

Freedom now

"New frontier"

"Fires of frustration and discord"

"Long hot summers'

"Unconditional war"

"The Black man's land"

"It's not the bus, it's us"

"Fighting for our lives."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812970388

0812970381

OCLC:

299708458