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Life and death in the Delta : African American narratives of violence, resilience, and social change /
Using oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, Kim Lacy Rogers explores the civil rights movement in several Mississippi communities in the context of the region's history of white supremacy, racial oppression, and African American cultural vitality. Terrorism, blac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Colección: | Palgrave studies in oral history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Using oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, Kim Lacy Rogers explores the civil rights movement in several Mississippi communities in the context of the region's history of white supremacy, racial oppression, and African American cultural vitality. Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation led to a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the twentieth century. This work reveals the impact of that oppression, and of African American traditions of community service and leadership in the lives of women and men who became activists. It also examines the disillusionment and anger that many Delta leaders feel about the changes that took place during the post-movement years. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781403982957 1403982953 1403960356 9781403960351 |