LEADER 04188nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910955369503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780801463655 010 $a0801463653 010 $a9780801463648 010 $a0801463645 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801463648 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051104 035 $a(OCoLC)754718627 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491826 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542495 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11391191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542495 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10510586 035 $a(PQKB)10771416 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001499063 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28753 035 $a(DE-B1597)480046 035 $a(OCoLC)979590746 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801463648 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138238 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491826 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL767981 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138238 035 $a(Perlego)969690 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051104 100 $a20110510d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWe will be satisfied with nothing less $ethe African American struggle for equal rights in the North during Reconstruction /$fHugh Davis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIthaca, N.Y. $cCornell University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780801450099 311 08$a0801450098 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tPrologue --$t1. Launching the Equal Rights Movement --$t2. Toward the Fifteenth Amendment --$t3. The Crusade for Equal Access to Public Schools, 1864-1870 --$t4. The Equal Rights Struggle in the 1870's --$t5. The Republican Retreat from Reconstruction --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aHistorians have focused almost entirely on the attempt by southern African Americans to attain equal rights during Reconstruction. However, the northern states also witnessed a significant period of struggle during these years. Northern blacks vigorously protested laws establishing inequality in education, public accommodations, and political life and challenged the Republican Party to live up to its stated ideals. In "We Will Be Satisfied With Nothing Less", Hugh Davis concentrates on the two issues that African Americans in the North considered most essential: black male suffrage rights and equal access to the public schools. Davis connects the local and the national; he joins the specifics of campaigns in places such as Cincinnati, Detroit, and San Francisco with the work of the National Equal Rights League and its successor, the National Executive Committee of Colored Persons. The narrative moves forward from their launching of the equal rights movement in 1864 to the "end" of Reconstruction in the North two decades later. The struggle to gain male suffrage rights was the centerpiece of the movement's agenda in the 1860's, while the school issue remained a major objective throughout the period. Following the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, northern blacks devoted considerable attention to assessing their place within the Republican Party and determining how they could most effectively employ the franchise to protect the rights of all citizens. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$y1863-1877 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEquality before the law$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aEquality before the law$xHistory 615 0$aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 676 $a973.8 700 $aDavis$b Hugh$f1941-$0947886 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955369503321 996 $aWe will be satisfied with nothing less$94364553 997 $aUNINA