Thunder of Freedom : Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sojourner, Sue Lorenzi, 1941-
Otros Autores: Reitan, Cheryl
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American leadership.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Leadership noir americain > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African American leadership > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9780813140957

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