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Life and Death in the Delta : African American Narratives of Violence, Resilience, and Social Change / by K. Rogers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rogers, Kim Lacy.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 2731-5681
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History.
- United States.
- History, Modern.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- America--History.
- America.
- Race.
- Human rights.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- European Politics.
- History of the Americas.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Human Rights.
- Local Subjects:
- US History.
- Modern History.
- European Politics.
- History of the Americas.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Human Rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (X, 214 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth Century. Based on oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, this work reveals the impact of that oppression.
- Contents:
- Conditions of life and death
- Changes and movement among the poor
- Achieving in the rural: independence and leadership in Bolivar County
- The wilderness of social change: the movement and Head Start
- The limits of political power.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611369583
- 9781281369581
- 1281369586
- 9781403982957
- 1403982953
- OCLC:
- 567962833
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