Freedom North: Black Freedom Struggles Outside the South, 1940-1980

by Matthew J. Countryman and Komozi Woodard

Book Overview

The civil rights movement occupies a prominent place in popular thinking and scholarly work on post-1945 U.S. history. Yet the dominant narrative of the movement remains that of a nonviolent movement born in the South during the 1950s that emerged triumphant in the early 1960s, only to be derailed by the twin forces of Black Power and white backlash when it sought to move outside the South after 1965. African American protest and political movements...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312294689
• ISBN13: 9780312294687
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.4"