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All eyes are upon us : race and politics from Boston to Brooklyn / Jason Sokol.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sokol, Jason, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--Northeastern States--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Northeastern States--History--21st century.
- African Americans--Segregation--Northeastern States--History.
- Racism--Political aspects--Northeastern States--History.
- Racism.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Northeastern States--Race relations--Political aspects--History.
- Northeastern States.
- Northeastern States--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Basic Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From the 19th century, when northern cities were home to strong abolitionist communities and served as a counterpoint to the slaveholding South, through the first half of the 20th century, when the North became a destination for African Americans fleeing Jim Crow, the Northeastern United States has had a long history of acceptance and liberalism. But as historian Jason Sokol reveals in All Eyes Are Upon Us, northern states like Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut were also strongholds of segregation and deep-seated racism. In All Eyes Are Upon Us, historian Jason Sokol shows how Northerne
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: The Northern Mystique; PART I: NORTH OF JIM CROW ; 1. And to Think That It Happened in Springfield; 2. Something in the Air; 3. ""If We Were Segregationists"" ; PART II: FORERUNNERS; 4. The Color-Blind Commonwealth? ; 5. Shirley Chisholm's Place; PART III: MIRRORS; 6. ""The North Is Guilty"" ; 7. ""This Bedeviling Busing Business"" ; PART IV: THE DEATH AND LIFE OF THE NORTH ; 8. A Tale of Two Hartfords; 9. The Ghost of Willie Turks ; 10. The North Rises Again ; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-465-05671-7
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