I've got the light of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the organizing tradition and the Mississippi freedom struggle / / Charles M. Payne ; with a new preface |
Autore | Payne Charles M |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1196/0730762 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century
Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century African American civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century Civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - Greenwood - History - 20th century Civil rights movements - Mississippi - Greenwood - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
african 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 |
ISBN |
1-280-09458-3
9786613520418 0-520-93388-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779080503321 |
Payne Charles M
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The road out [[electronic resource] ] : a teacher's odyssey in poor America / / Deborah Hicks |
Autore | Hicks Deborah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.822 |
Collana | Simpson, imprint in humanities |
Soggetto topico |
Poor girls - Education - Ohio - Cincinnati
Poor white people - Education - Ohio - Cincinnati Poor girls - Books and reading - Ohio - Cincinnati Poor girls - Ohio - Cincinnati |
Soggetto non controllato |
adolescence
adult nonfiction against the odds appalachians class differences coming of age contemporary history education system education educators ghetto journey of discovery learning memoir nonfiction account poor america poor neighborhoods poverty cycle poverty studies poverty power of fiction race and class single parent families social advocates social issues social justice student life teachers and students teachers united states women and girls |
ISBN | 0-520-95371-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Ghost Rose speaks -- Elizabeth discovers her paperback -- We're sisters! -- My life as a girl -- Girl talk -- A magazine is born -- Mrs. Bush visits (but not our class) -- A Saturday at the bookstore -- Jessica finds Jesus, and Elizabeth finds love -- Blair discovers a voice -- Leavings -- At sixteen -- Girlhood interrupted -- I deserve a better life -- The road out. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786078803321 |
Hicks Deborah
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