We Will be Satisfied with Nothing Less: The Afr. Davis<|

\""We Will Be Satisfied with Nothing Less\""The African American Struggle for Equal Rights in the North During Reconstruction\nAuthor(s): Hugh Davis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801450099, 978-0801450099\nSynopsis\nHistorians 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. \n\n 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 .