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Life and Death in the Delta : African American Narratives of Violence, Resilience, and Social Change / by K. Rogers.

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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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