We had sneakers, they had guns [[electronic resource] ] : the kids who fought for civil rights in Mississippi / / Tracy Sugarman
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Sugarman Tracy <1921->
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| Titolo: |
We had sneakers, they had guns [[electronic resource] ] : the kids who fought for civil rights in Mississippi / / Tracy Sugarman
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| Pubblicazione: | Syruacuse, N.Y., : Syracuse University Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.1196/0730762 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century |
| Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century | |
| Civil rights workers - Mississippi | |
| African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mississippi Race relations History 20th century |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. The long, hot summer, 1964 -- pt. 2. Return to the delta -- pt. 3. The roads from the delta -- pt. 4. Mississippi, October 2001. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns, Sugarman chronicles the sacrifices, tragedies, and triumphs of that unprecedented moment in our nation's history. Two white students and one black student were slain in the struggle, many were beaten and hundreds arrested, and churches and homes were burned to the ground by the opponents of equality. Yet the example of Freedom Summer- whites united with heroic black Mississippians to challenge apartheid-resonated across the nation. The United States Congress was finally moved to pass the civil rights legislation that enfranchised the millions of black Americans who had been waiting for equal rights for a century. Blending oral history with memoir, this draws the reader into the lives of Sugarman's subjects, showing the passion and naivete of the volunteers, the bravery of the civil rights leaders, and the candid, sometimes troubling reactions of the black and white Delta residents. Sugarman's unique reportorial art, in word and image, makes this book a vital record of our nation's past. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | We had sneakers, they had guns |
| ISBN: | 0-8156-5106-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781898603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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