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All eyes are upon us : race and politics from Boston to Brooklyn /

"The Northeastern United States--home to abolitionism and a refuge for blacks fleeing the Jim Crow South--has had a long and celebrated history of racial equality and political liberalism. After World War II, the region appeared poised to continue this legacy, electing black politicians and ral...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sokol, Jason
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2014]
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > Northeastern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Northeastern States > History > 21st century.
African Americans > Segregation > Northeastern States > History.
Northeastern States > Race relations > Political aspects > History.
Racism > Political aspects > Northeastern States > History.
Northeastern States > Politics and government.
Progressivism (United States politics)
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Northern Mystique
  • Part I: North of Jim Crow
  • 1. And to Think That It Happened in Springfield : Pioneering Pluralism, Practicing Segregation (1939-1945)
  • 2. Something in the Air : Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn (1947-1957)
  • 3. "If We Were Segregationists" : The Struggle to Integrate Northeastern Schools (1957-1965)
  • Part II: Forerunners
  • 4. The Color-Blind Commonwealth? : The Election of Edward Brooke (1966)
  • 5. Shirley Chisholm's Place : Winning New York's 12th Congressional District (1968)
  • Part III: Mirrors
  • 6. "The North is Guilty" : Abraham Ribicoff's Crusade (1970)
  • 7. "This Bedeviling Busing Business" : The Long 1970s, the Trials of Edward Brooke, and the Fall of the North (1968-1979)
  • Part IV: The Death and Life of the North
  • 8. A Tale of Two Hartfords : Politics and Poverty in a Land of Plenty (1980-1987)
  • 9. The Ghost of Willie Turks : Racial Violence and Black Politics in New York City (1982-1993)
  • 10. The North Rises Again : Deval Patrick, Barack Obama, and the 21st Century (2006-2012).