Aaron Henry of Mississippi : inside agitator / Minion K. C. Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Minion K. C., 1946- author.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997.

Henry, Aaron.

African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Biography.

African American civil rights workers.

Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Mississippi.

African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2015.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Son of sharecroppers and entrepreneurs : rites of passage in a segregated society

Military service, family, and profession : challenging contested citizenship at war and at home

Aaron Henry, the NAACP, and indigenous leadership : the Clarksdale social movement

Demanding restoration of the black franchise : Henry heads the Freedom Vote ticket, a 1963 mock election

An alternative to the segregated state Democratic Party : the MFDP goes to Atlantic City, 1964

Henry the public entrepreneur and network tactician : exploiting national allies and cultivating local interracial partners

Private and public entrepreneurship for redistributive justice : addressing African American socioeconomic disparities

Taking the reins of the state Democratic Party : Henry wrests power from the segregationists

The summit and culmination : Henry as a state legislator and his political demise

Conclusion and postscript.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781557287595

1557287597

OCLC:

898088332