Crossroads at Clarksdale : the Black freedom struggle in the Mississippi Delta after World War II / Françoise N. Hamlin.
Material type: TextSeries: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culturePublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780807869857
- 0807869856
- 9781469601694
- 1469601699
- Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Coahoma County Branch -- History
- Pigee, Vera Mae, 1924-2007
- Pigee, Vera Mae, 1924-2007
- Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
- Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
- Pigee, Vera Mae, 1924-2007
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Coahoma County Branch
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Clarksdale -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- Clarksdale -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- Clarksdale -- History -- 20th century
- Clarksdale (Miss.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Segregation -- Mississippi -- Clarksdale -- History -- 20th century
- Noirs américains -- Droits -- Mississippi -- Clarksdale -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Noirs américains -- Ségrégation -- Mississippi -- Clarksdale -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- Mississippi -- Clarksdale -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Ségrégation -- Mississippi -- Clarksdale -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Segregation
- Civil rights movements
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Mississippi -- Clarksdale
- 1900-1999
- 323.1196073076244
- F349.C6 H36 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-345) and index.
Introduction: the black freedom struggle at the crossroads -- Washington was far away: defining a different post-war delta -- M is for Mississippi and murder ... and mother -- I think freedom and talk freedom: demanding desegregation, 1960-1963 -- Fires of frustration: summers of 1963 to 1965 -- Children should not be subjected to what is going on there: desegregating schools -- It was a peaceful revolution: Johnson's great society and economic justice in Coahoma County -- Epilogue: I have not ended the story for there is no end: continuing histories of Clarksdale's black freedom struggle -- Appendix: black and white freedom summer volunteers in Clarksdale.
"Weaving national narratives from stories of the daily lives and familiar places of local residents, Francoise Hamlin chronicles the slow struggle for black freedom through the history of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Hamlin paints a full picture of the town over fifty years, recognizing the accomplishments of its diverse African American community and strong NAACP branch, and examining the extreme brutality of entrenched power there. The Clarksdale story defies triumphant narratives of dramatic change, and presents instead a layered, contentious, untidy, and often disappointingly unresolved civil rights movement. Following the black freedom struggle in Clarksdale from World War II through the first decade of the twenty-first century allows Hamlin to tell multiple, interwoven stories about the town's people, their choices, and the extent of political change. She shows how members of civil rights organizations--especially local leaders Vera Pigee and Aaron Henry--worked to challenge Jim Crow through fights against inequality, police brutality, segregation, and, later, economic injustice. With Clarksdale still at a crossroads today, Hamlin explores how to evaluate success when poverty and inequality persist"--Provided by publisher.
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