Mississippi Harmony [electronic resource] : Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter / by W. Hudson, C. Curry.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9781403973528
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/30256
Yazar
Hudson, W.
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2002.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XXVI, 150 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
In 1963, Winson Hudson finally registered to vote in Leake County, Mississippi, when she interpreted part of the state constitution by saying, "It meant what it said and it said what it meant." Her first attempt had been in 1937. A lifelong native of the rural, all-black community of Harmony, Winson has lived through some of the most racially oppressive periods in her state s history - and has devoted her life to combatting discrimination. With her sister Dovie, Winson filed the first lawsuit to desegregate the public schools in a rural county. Helping to establish the county NAACP chapter in 1961, Winson served as its president for 38 years. Her work has included voting rights, school desegregation, health care, government loans, telephone service, good roads, housing, and childcare - issues that were intertwined with the black freedom struggle. Winson s narrative, presented in her own words with historical background from noted author and activist Constance Curry, is both triumphant and tragic, inspiring and disturbing. It illustrates the virtually untold story of the role that African American women played in the civil rights movement at the local level in black communities throughout the South.
Konu
America __ History.
United States __ History.
Europe __ History.
History, Modern.
Sex.
Literature.
History of the Americas.
US History.
European History.
Modern History.
Gender Studies.
Literature.
Diğer Yazarlar
Curry, C.
Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
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