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Title

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

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Publication Info.

New York : Random House, c2008.

Edition

1st ed.

Location	Call No.	Status	Notes
Undergraduate Library Storage	E 185.9 .S95 2008	CHECKED IN

Description	xxviii, 688 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [547]-664) and index.
Contents	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.
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.
Subject	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Northeastern States -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements -- Northeastern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	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.
ISBN	9780679643036 (alk. paper)
	0679643036 (alk. paper)
OCLC #	191732290

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