The senator and the sharecropper : the freedom struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer /

This is the story of the epic struggle for black equality in the 20th century told through the deeply intertwined life histories of the staunch segregationist and wealthy cotton planter, Senator James O. Eastland, and his sharecropper nemesis, Fannie Lou Hamer, who became the spiritual leader of the...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Asch, Chris Myers (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Hamer, Fannie Lou.
Eastland, James O. > (James Oliver), > 1904-1986.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
États-Unis. > Congress. > Senate > Biographies.
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
1900-1999
Racism > Mississippi > Sunflower County > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > Sunflower County > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > Sunflower County > History > 20th century.
African American civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
Children of sharecroppers > Mississippi > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Racisme > Mississippi > Sunflower (Comté) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Mississippi > Sunflower (Comté) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Sunflower (Comté) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Mississippi > Biographies.
Enfants de métayers > Mississippi > Biographies.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Children of sharecroppers.
Civil rights movements.
Legislators.
Race relations.
Racism.
Sunflower County (Miss.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Sunflower County.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
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