Freedom North
Subtitle: Black Freedom Struggles Outside the South, 1940-1980
Contributors: Jeanne  Theoharis (Editor); Komozi Woodard (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 28, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780312294687
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Black studies; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Northeastern & North Atlantic states; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; United States - 20th Century; Social Science / African-American Studies; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - General; 20th century; African Americans; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; History; Middle West; Race relations; United States
First sentence: Less than two months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, plunging the United States into WWII, African Americans launched a highly organized "Double V for Victory" campaign in black communities across the United States.