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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sojourner, Sue Lorenzi, 1941-
Other Authors: Reitan, Cheryl
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Series:Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American leadership > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Leadership noir américain > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African American leadership
African Americans > Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Race relations
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mississippi
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming part of Holmes County
  • Working with the people
  • Building political strategies
  • Developing the slate of candidates.

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