Jim Crow North

Informationen zum Autor Richard Archer is a Professor of History Emeritus at Whittier College. He is the author of two previous books on New England, Fissures in the Rock: New England in the Seventeenth Century and As If an Enemy's Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution. Klappentext More than a century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, African American New Englanders through sit-ins, boycotts, petition drives, and other initiatives struggled for equal rights. Jim Crow North is the tale of that struggle and of the racism that prompted it. Zusammenfassung More than a century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, African American New Englanders through sit-ins, boycotts, petition drives, and other initiatives struggled for equal rights. Jim Crow North is the tale of that struggle and of the racism that prompted it.

Klappentext
More than a century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, African American New Englanders through sit-ins, boycotts, petition drives, and other initiatives struggled for equal rights. Jim Crow North is the tale of that struggle and of the racism that prompted it.

Inhalt
Part I: Jim Crow in New England
Chapter 1: The World of Hosea Easton and David Walker
Chapter 2: New England's Peculiar Institution
Chapter 3: Emancipation and Free African Americans
Part II: Girding Up
Chapter 4: Unity and Uplift
Chapter 5: Advanced Education
Chapter 6: Intimidation, Assaults, and Riots
Part III: Towards Equality
Chapter 7: Riding the Rails with Jim Crow
Chapter 8: Forward Steps
Part IV: Mixed Marriages
Chapter 9: Repealing the Law
Chapter 10: Breaking a Barrier
Part V: Hitting the Wall
Chapter 11: Fugitives
Chapter 12: Inching Ahead
Chapter 13: The Wall
Part VI: Epilogue
Chapter 14: Miles to Go
Acknowledgments

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