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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.
List of contents
- 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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
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It is Archer's excellent storytelling, coupled with his contextualization of events, which enriches Jim Crow North and makes it an especially worthwhile read for historians and general interest readers of African American history.... Ideal for assigning to undergraduate students.
