University Press of Florida The Seedtime, the Work, and the Harvest: New Perspectives on the Black Freedom Struggle in America (Southern Dissent)

Review "Offer[s] important insights."--Journal of American History Product Description This volume expands the chronology and geography of the black freedom struggle beyond the traditional emphasis on the old South and the years between 1954 and 1968. Beginning as far back as the nineteenth century, and analyzing case studies from southern, northern, and border states, these essays incorporate communities and topics not usually linked to the African American civil rights movement. Contributors highlight little-known race riots in northern cities, the work of black women who defied local governments to provide medical care to their communities, and the national Food for Freedom campaign of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Moving to recent issues such as Ferguson, Sandra Bland, and Black Lives Matter, these chapters connect the activism of today to a deeply historical, wide-ranging fight for equality. About the Author Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, professor of history at Sam Houston State University, is coauthor of Elusive Equality: Desegregation and Resegregation in Norfolk's Public Schools.Reginald K. Ellis, associate professor of history at Florida A&M University, is the author of Between Washington and Du Bois: The Racial Politics of James Edward Shepard.Peter B. Levy, professor of history at York College, is the author of Civil War on Race Street: The Civil Rights Movement in Cambridge, Maryland.