false 3965352 2 The struggle for racial equality in the North has been a footnote in most books about civil rights in America. Now this monumental new work from one of the most brilliant historians of his generation sets the record straight. <i>Sweet Land of Liberty </i>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.<br><br>Thomas Sugrue&#8217;s panoramic view sweeps from the 1920s to the present&#8211;more than eighty of the most decisive years in American history. He uncovers the forgotten stories of battles to open up lunch counters, beaches, and movie theaters in the North; the untold history of struggles against Jim Crow schools in northern towns; the dramatic story of racial conflict in northern cities and suburbs; and the long and tangled histories of integration and black power.<br><br>Appearing throughout these tumultuous tales of bigotry and resistance are the people who propelled progress, such as Anna Arnold Hedgeman, a dedicated churchwoman who in the 1930s became both a member of New York&#8217;s black elite and an increasingly radical activist; A. Philip Randolph, who as America teetered on the brink of World War II dared to threaten FDR with a march on Washington to protest discrimination&#8211;and got the Fair Employment Practices Committee (&#8220;the second Emancipation Proclamation&#8221;) as a result; Morris Milgram, a white activist who built the Concord Park housing development, the interracial answer to white Levittown; and Herman Ferguson, a mild-mannered New York teacher whose protest of a Queens construction site led him to become a key player in the militant Malcolm X&#8217;s movement.<br><br>Filled with unforgettable characters and riveting incidents, and making use of information and accounts both public and private, such as the writings of obscure African American journalists and the records of civil rights and black power groups, <i>Sweet Land of Liberty </i>creates an indelible history. Thomas Sugrue has written a narrative bound to become the standard source on this essential subject. 4011089 4 11 2008 Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North total:13|5:3|4:5|3:5| 13 50 77 4 5 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 21 14:45:41 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 23 15:32:17 -0800 2009 The Origins of the Urban Crisis, an extremely intelligent book the effects of deindustrialization on postwar Detroit. This book expands the scope and treats the northern civil rights movement. Unlike the southern civil rights movement, whi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:16:35 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 15:45:19 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:59:15 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 19:42:17 -0800 2009 I thought Nicholas Lemann's "The Promised Land" accomplished more in fewer pages. This is a good history of an incredibly important, yet little studied topic, yet I felt like there was little to no original research in it.
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