Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi

The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an...
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Author: Sojourner
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Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi by Sojourner

Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi

CHF 75.70

Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi

CHF 75.70
Author: Sojourner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue Sojourner and her husband arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the wake of this historic time, known as ""Freedom Summer."" From September 1964 until her departure from the state in 1969, Sojourner collected an incredible number of documents, oral histories, and photograp

Author: Sojourner
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 02/08/2013
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780813140933


Award: Minnesota Book Award - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2013

About the Author

Sue Lorenzi Sojourner is a veteran of the civil rights movement who worked with the citizens of Holmes County, Mississippi from fall 1964 through summer 1969 to achieve racial equality. She has produced two photography exhibitions using reproductions of her original 1960s photographs.

Cheryl Reitan is a university administrator and the editor of the alumni magazine for the University of Minnesota--Duluth. She has published short stories and articles in numerous literary and professional journals.




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