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Hattiesburg: an American city in black and white

By William , Sturkey

Book information

Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780674240674, 9780674240681, 9780674240667, 9780674976351, 0674240669, 0674240677, 0674240685
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12224871 bytes)
Pages
(442 pages) : illustrations, maps\457
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
African Americans--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--Publi

Description

Introduction: People of spirit -- Visionaries -- The bottom rail -- The noble spirit -- A little colony of Mississippians -- Broken promises -- Those who stayed -- Reliance -- Community children -- Salvation -- A rising -- Crying in the wilderness -- When the movement came -- Conclusion: Changes.;In this rich multigenerational saga of race and family in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, William Sturkey reveals the personal stories behind the men and women who struggled to uphold their southern "way of life" against the threat of desegregation, and those who fought to tear it down in the name of justice and racial equality.--

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