Hattiesburg : an American city in Black and White / William Sturkey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sturkey, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Segregation--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--History.

African Americans.

White people--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--Attitudes.

White people.

African Americans--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--Public opinion.

Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--History--Personal narratives.

Civil rights movements.

Hattiesburg (Miss.)--Race relations--History.

Hattiesburg (Miss.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this rich multigenerational saga of race and family in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, William Sturkey reveals the personal stories behind the men and women who struggled to uphold their southern "way of life" against the threat of desegregation, and those who fought to tear it down in the name of justice and racial equality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: People of Spirit

CHAPTER ONE. Visionaries

CHAPTER TWO. The Bottom Rail

CHAPTER THREE. The Noble Spirit

CHAPTER FOUR. A Little Colony of Mississippians

CHAPTER FIVE. Broken Promises

CHAPTER SIX. Those Who Stayed

CHAPTER SEVEN. Reliance

CHAPTER EIGHT. Community Children

CHAPTER NINE. Salvation

CHAPTER TEN. A Rising

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Crying in the Wilderness

CHAPTER TWELVE. When the Movement Came

Conclusion: Changes

Archival Abbreviations

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9780674240674

0674240677

9780674240667

0674240669

OCLC:

1088407502