Sweet land of liberty
Subtitle: the forgotten struggle for civil rights in the North
By: Thomas J. Sugrue.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9780679643036
Subjects: 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
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.