SuitabookA History of US- Liberty for all?(1820-1860) #5
Joy Hakim
- Reading
- Read a section at a time and pause over whose experiences are represented. You could compare the people introduced and discuss whose perspective you would like to hear more about.
- Themes
- Liberty and unequal treatment: Two Black women are described as being removed from a streetcar, taking the matter to court and winning a case that led to integrated streetcars. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Movement and expansion: The book covers migration west, the Gold Rush and war with Mexico during a period of growth in the United States. These topics connect movement and expansion with conflict, but the book’s interpretation of their consequences is unknown.
- Worth knowing
- The book includes war with Mexico and the exclusion of Black women from streetcars. The depth and tone of these accounts are not clear.