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I've Got the Light of Freedom
The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle, With a New Preface
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English
Published/Copyright:
2007
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This 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.
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Contributor: Charles M. Payne
Charles M. Payne is Professor and Bass Fellow, African American Studies, History and Sociology, Duke University
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface To The 2007 Edition
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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One. Setting The Stage
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Two. Testing The Limits: Black Activism In Postwar Mississippi
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Three. Give Light And The People Will Find A Way: The Roots Of An Organizing Tradition
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Four. Moving On Mississippi
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Five. Greenwood: Building On The Past
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Six. If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me: The Redefinition Of Leadership
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Seven. They Kept The Story Before Me: Families And Traditions
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Eight. Slow And Respectful Work: Organizers And Organizing
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Nine. A Woman's War
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Ten. Transitions
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Eleven. Carrying On: The Politics Of Empowerment
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Twelve. From Sncc To Slick: The Demoralization Of The Movement
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Thirteen. Mrs. Hamer Is No Longer Relevant: The Loss Of The Organizing Tradition
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Fourteen. The Rough Draft Of History
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Epilogue
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Bibliographic Essay: The Social Construction Of History
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Notes
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Interviews
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Index
493
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July 22, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780520933880
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Keywords for this book
human rights; civil rights history; black rights; american south; race and prejudice; racism; overcoming obstacles; we shall overcome; black activism; university textbook; higher education; african american studies; movement literature; democracy; political; school setting; uplifting stories; against the odds; discussion books; biographical; history; generational; emancipation; civil rights
