Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North Book

Thomas J. Sugrue provides a detailed narrative of a salient part of the African-American freedom struggle which has been lost to popular memory. Wrhile most Americans understand that there was a deep and long struggle against Jim Crow laws, segregation, and racial violence in the southern states, what is less known is there was a similar story to be told in the northern states, midwestern states, and even in the western regions of the United States.

His books covers the period from the 1920s to the modern era. The book is long, but not overly so giving the long cast of persons, activist groups, cities, state and local governments, and the Federal government and presidential administrations covered in vivid detail.

Given this depth, I won't attempt to provide a detailed summary of the book, but I will recommend the book to your consideration.