Title When they blew the levee : politics, race, and community in Pinhook, Missouri / David Todd Lawrence and Elaine J. Lawless

Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 195 pages) Contents Origin stories of Pinhook -- Living in Pinhook -- Debra steps up to save Pinhook -- Pinhook day, homecoming -- When they broke the levee -- Why home means so much -- Conclusion: the power of hope through community Summary How invisible citizens preserve their community when their town is destroyed Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2018) Subject African Americans -- Land tenure -- Missouri -- History African Americans -- Missouri -- History African Americans -- Missouri -- Social conditions Disaster victims -- Missouri -- Personal narratives Floods -- Mississippi River. Levees -- Mississippi River. African Americans -- Land tenure. African Americans -- Social conditions. African Americans. Disaster victims. Floods. Levees. Politics and government. Race relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies. Pinhook (Mo.) -- History Pinhook (Mo.) -- Politics and government Pinhook (Mo.) -- Race relations United States -- History. Mississippi River. Missouri. United States. Genre/Form History. Personal narratives. Form Electronic book Author Lawless, Elaine J., author. LC no. 2018002938 ISBN 149681777X 9781496817778

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