| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Prologue: Sunflower County, 1994 1 -- 1 Sunflower County, 1904 6 -- 2 Planter's Son, Sharecroppers' Daughter 33 -- 3 "Cotton Is Dynamite": New Deals in Sunflower County 65 -- 4 "An Enormous Tragedy in the Making": Revolutions in Sunflower County and Abroad 99 -- 5 "From Cotton-to Communism-to Segregation!": The Senator's Rise to Power 132 -- 6 "No One Can Honestly Say Negroes Are Satisfied": The Sharecropper Embraces the Movement 167 -- 7 1964: Confrontations 198 -- 8 "This Is America's Sickness" 221 -- 9 "The Pendulum Is Swinging Back" 253 -- 10 "Right on Back to the Plantation" 279 |
| Summary |
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 civil rights movement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-353) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 4, 2021) |
| Subject |
Hamer, Fannie Lou.
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Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986.
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Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986
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Hamer, Fannie Lou
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Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986 fast |
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Hamer, Fannie Lou fast |
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography
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United States. Congress. Senate fast |
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Racism -- Mississippi -- Sunflower County -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Sunflower County -- History -- 20th century
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Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- Sunflower County -- History -- 20th century
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African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography
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Children of sharecroppers -- Mississippi -- Biography
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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African American civil rights workers
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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Children of sharecroppers
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Civil rights movements
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Legislators
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Race relations
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Racism
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Sunflower County (Miss.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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Mississippi
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Mississippi -- Sunflower County
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807878057 |
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0807878057 |
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9781469603537 |
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1469603535 |
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