Book
Sweet land of liberty : the forgotten struggle for civil rights in the North
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Random House, c2008.
Physical Description
xxviii, 688 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
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.