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Awards
OverviewWinner of the Bancroft Prize, the Lillian Smith Book Award, the Mississippi Historical Society McLemore Prize, the Herbert G. Gutman Prize and the Gustavus Myers Center for Study of Human Rights Outstanding Book Prize. Publication of this book was supported by a grant from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John DittmerPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.735kg ISBN: 9780252065071ISBN 10: 0252065077 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 01 May 1995 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe definitive analytical history of the black freedom movement in the nation's most recalcitrant state... An exciting and dramatic story of unknown heroes and heroines persevering over decades of quiet struggle against rampant terror. -- Julian Bond. A gripping portrait of largely forgotten civil rights workers who forged racial change in the face of violence and murder. -- William Ferris, New York Times Book Review A gripping portrait of largely forgotten civil rights workers who forged racial change in the face of violence and murder... Redefines the roles of national leaders who were forced to act by the unswerving determination of local people. --William Ferris, New York Times Book Review At once the movement's history in microcosm and a powerful story in its own right. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Dittmer's stirring history of the struggle for racial justice in Mississippi tells the story in all its grim, often shocking detail. --Publishers Weekly Winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Lillian Smith Book Award, the Mississippi Historical Society McLemore Prize, the Herbert G. Gutman Prize and the Gustavus Myers Center for Study of Human Rights Outstanding Book Prize. The definitive analytical history of the black freedom movement in the nation's most recalcitrant state... An exciting and dramatic story of unknown heroes and heroines persevering over decades of quiet struggle against rampant terror. -- Julian Bond. A gripping portrait of largely forgotten civil rights workers who forged racial change in the face of violence and murder. -- William Ferris, New York Times Book Review A gripping portrait of largely forgotten civil rights workers who forged racial change in the face of violence and murder... Redefines the roles of national leaders who were forced to act by the unswerving determination of local people. --William Ferris, New York Times Book Review At once the movement's history in microcosm and a powerful story in its own right. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Dittmer's stirring history of the struggle for racial justice in Mississippi tells the story in all its grim, often shocking detail. --Publishers Weekly Author InformationJohn Dittmer, a professor of history at DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, is the author of Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920. From 1967 to 1979 he taught history at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |