ISBN: 9780252021022

Product DescriptDetails the Black struggle for civil rights in MississippiFrom Publishers WeeklyDittmers stirring history of the struggle for justice in Mississippi tells the story in al… Mehr…

Product DescriptDetails the Black struggle for civil rights in MississippiFrom Publishers WeeklyDittmers stirring history of the struggle for justice in Mississippi tells the story in all its grim, often shocking detail. He delivers a damning indictment of the Kennedy administrat for its half-hearted policies and failure to enforce the Supreme Courts ban on segregat. White churches, the author shows, consistently opposed black demands for equality and offered no leadership during the crucial 1960s. After 1966, he contends, the Congress of Equality (CORE) and the Student Non- Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had little impact on the Mississippi movement, whereas the grass-roots Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party made strides in black empowerment. Along with key figures, such as Medgar Evers and James Meredith, Dittmer, a DePauw history professor, profiles dozens of unsung heroes. He also demonstrates that women played a dominant role in the black freedom campaigns of the 60s. His assessment of gains and setbacks to date (More than half the states black children . . . were living below the poverty line in 1990) will jolt readers. Photos.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Informat, Inc.From BooklistSuperbly realized history of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi in the 1960s. Dittmer lays in the background by giving an account of post voting registrat efforts and then the rising tide of hope and that followedBrown v.Board of Educat. Dittmer knows a number of the principals and has lived for many years in Mississippi; he is also a sure stylist. So his accounts of events such as the lynchings of James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman move one to outrage all over again. He is not quite up-to-date on Byron De La Beckworth, convicted murderer of Medgar Evers, but perhaps that detail will be taken care of by press time.John MortFrom Kirkus ReviewsA historian who taught for 12 years in Mississippi presents a thorough and sensitive study of the struggle for civil rights in what was at the time the nats most ly repressive state. Dittmer (History/DePauw Univ.; Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920, not reviewed) moves chronologically from WW II to 1968, mining a rich variety of sources to describe the numerous incremental battles in towns around the state. White Mississippi in the 1950s bolstered its ``siege mentality with harsh new laws blocking reform; while many in the black middle class were afraid to rock the boat, activists like the NAACPs Medgar Evers galvanized young people to wage sit-ins. Civil rights groups like CORE and SNCC joined in; organizers like SNCCs legendary Robert Parris Moses learned the importance of working closely with local communities. In 1962, the Council of Federated Organizats (COFO) formed a united front of protest groups; its dual goals--quiet local grass-roots organizing and natal publicity to gain federal protect--were, the author notes, contradictory. With the Kennedy administrat sluggish on civil rights, COFO organized ``Freedom Summer, the 1964 educat and voter registrat project involving many white volunteers; Dittmer ably describes the projects successes and tenss. He also covers the historic efforts of the insurgent Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic presidential convent and the effects of the mechanizat of cotton farming and the abortive on Poverty. Dittmer concludes that the Mississippi movement, like other major American social movements, hit a cycle of compromise in which much political change was accomplished while fundamental economic change was deferred. Though some black activists attribute the movements decline to the white influx during ``Freedom Summer, Dittmer suggests that rapid social changes natally also weakened the movements cohes. More such analysis of larger issues would have been welcome, b, Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Bestes Angebot, [LT: BestOffer], Edition Description: 1st Printing, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 01-06-1994, Sprache: English, Publication Year: 01-06-1994, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.5X9X6.1, ISBN-10: 0252021029, ISBN-13: 9780252021022, SKU: SONG0252021029, Buchtitel: Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi (Black, University of Illinois Press<

ISBN: 9780252021022

University of Illinois Press. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with … Mehr…

University of Illinois Press. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included., University of Illinois Press, 1<