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Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations 1968–1980 by Kimberly Springer

Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations 1968–1980 by Kimberly Springer 88 Souls January^March 2007 vote. Yet it is ‘‘cultural context’’ that leads to new paths for historians. One of these is the the persistence of school segregation between new nuance with which historians like Douglas 1890 and 1940 as Northern localities reacted are approaching segregation in law and in daily with dismay to the influx of Southern Black life. A second crucial contribution is the migrants to their communities. Northern acknowledgment that the North was as differ- Blacks themselves provided another impedi- entiated over time and space as the South. ment to school integration at this time, With an impressive mastery of individual state Douglas argues, given continued mixed feel- politics, Douglas keenly discerns more stub- ings about desegregation, fears of violent reac- born school desegregation in the southernmost tion from whites, and a desire to protect the parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and livelihoods of Black teachers. As much as Illinois—areas that shared borders with slave the NAACP concerned itself with filing law- states and tended to have larger Black popula- suits to bring Northern school districts into tions. He also avoids relegating African- compliance with state laws, it also had to American voices and attitudes to secondary http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png "Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society" Taylor & Francis

Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations 1968–1980 by Kimberly Springer

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88 Souls January^March 2007 vote. Yet it is ‘‘cultural context’’ that leads to new paths for historians. One of these is the the persistence of school segregation between new nuance with which historians like Douglas 1890 and 1940 as Northern localities reacted are approaching segregation in law and in daily with dismay to the influx of Southern Black life. A second crucial contribution is the migrants to their communities. Northern acknowledgment that the North was as differ- Blacks themselves provided another impedi- entiated over time and space as the South. ment to school integration at this time, With an impressive mastery of individual state Douglas argues, given continued mixed feel- politics, Douglas keenly discerns more stub- ings about desegregation, fears of violent reac- born school desegregation in the southernmost tion from whites, and a desire to protect the parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and livelihoods of Black teachers. As much as Illinois—areas that shared borders with slave the NAACP concerned itself with filing law- states and tended to have larger Black popula- suits to bring Northern school districts into tions. He also avoids relegating African- compliance with state laws, it also had to American voices and attitudes to secondary

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"Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society" – Taylor & Francis

Published: Apr 3, 2007

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