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Thunder of freedom : Black leadership and the transformation of 1960s Mississippi /
This book offers a look at the struggle for rights and equality in one of the most active and broad-based community organizing operations in the South. The book chronicles the arduous process of bringing early leaders - mainly farmers and town dwellers - into a coalition with the schoolteachers, pre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, KY :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book offers a look at the struggle for rights and equality in one of the most active and broad-based community organizing operations in the South. The book chronicles the arduous process of bringing early leaders - mainly farmers and town dwellers - into a coalition with the schoolteachers, preachers, and others professionals. Together, the coalition achieved success in electing the first Black representative in the 20th century to sit in the Mississippi House. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813140951 9780813140957 9780813140940 0813140943 9781283889681 1283889684 |