For centuries, the Northeast?home to abolitionism and a refuge for blacks fleeing the Jim Crow South?has presented itself as a model of racial equality. After World War II, the victories of black cult
All Eyes Are Upon Us explores the history of racial struggles in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York from World War II to the present.The Northeast has long basked in its reputation as the home o
During the civil rights movement, epic battles for justice were fought in the streets, at lunch counters, and in the classrooms of the American South. Just as many battles were waged, however, in the
A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassinationOn April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on t
