04645nam 2201033Ia 450 991077908050332120230721020609.01-280-09458-397866135204180-520-93388-510.1525/9780520933880(CKB)2550000000084412(EBL)860286(OCoLC)776108952(SSID)ssj0000612146(PQKBManifestationID)11394272(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612146(PQKBWorkID)10667733(PQKB)10786224(MiAaPQ)EBC860286(DE-B1597)519363(OCoLC)785335384(DE-B1597)9780520933880(Au-PeEL)EBL860286(CaPaEBR)ebr10533555(CaONFJC)MIL352041(EXLCZ)99255000000008441220061213d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrI've got the light of freedom[electronic resource] the organizing tradition and the Mississippi freedom struggle /Charles M. Payne ; with a new preface2nd ed.Berkeley ;London University of California Pressc20071 online resource (577 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25176-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The 2007 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Setting The Stage -- Two. Testing The Limits: Black Activism In Postwar Mississippi -- Three. Give Light And The People Will Find A Way: The Roots Of An Organizing Tradition -- Four. Moving On Mississippi -- Five. Greenwood: Building On The Past -- Six. If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me: The Redefinition Of Leadership -- Seven. They Kept The Story Before Me: Families And Traditions -- Eight. Slow And Respectful Work: Organizers And Organizing -- Nine. A Woman's War -- Ten. Transitions -- Eleven. Carrying On: The Politics Of Empowerment -- Twelve. From Sncc To Slick: The Demoralization Of The Movement -- Thirteen. Mrs. Hamer Is No Longer Relevant: The Loss Of The Organizing Tradition -- Fourteen. The Rough Draft Of History -- Epilogue -- Bibliographic Essay: The Social Construction Of History -- Notes -- Interviews -- IndexThis momentous work offers a groundbreaking history of the early civil rights movement in the South with new material that situates the book in the context of subsequent movement literature.African AmericansCivil rightsMississippiHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsMississippiHistory20th centuryAfrican American civil rights workersMississippiHistory20th centuryCivil rights workersMississippiHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsMississippiGreenwoodHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsMississippiGreenwoodHistory20th centuryMississippiRace relationsHistory20th centuryGreenwood (Miss.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryafrican american studies.against the odds.american south.biographical.black activism.black rights.civil rights history.civil rights.democracy.discussion books.emancipation.generational.higher education.history.human rights.movement literature.overcoming obstacles.political.race and prejudice.racism.school setting.university textbook.uplifting stories.we shall overcome.African AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryAfrican American civil rights workersHistoryCivil rights workersHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistory323.1196/0730762Payne Charles M1017488MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779080503321I've got the light of freedom2386944UNINA