Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi

Awards:   Winner of <DIV>Winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Lillian Smith Book Award, the Mississippi Historical Society McLemore Prize, the Herbert G. Gutman Prize and th 1995 Winner of <DIV>Winner of the Bancroft Prize</DIV> 1995
Author:   John Dittmer
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
ISBN:  

9780252065071


Pages:   560
Publication Date:   01 May 1995
Format:   Paperback
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  • Winner of <DIV>Winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Lillian Smith Book Award, the Mississippi Historical Society McLemore Prize, the Herbert G. Gutman Prize and th 1995
  • Winner of <DIV>Winner of the Bancroft Prize</DIV> 1995

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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. Publication of this book was supported by a grant from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana.

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Author:   John Dittmer
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.735kg
ISBN:  

9780252065071


ISBN 10:   0252065077
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   01 May 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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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


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


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John 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.  

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