Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986

The system of sharecropping that dominated the region and suppressed black economic autonomy; the political power wielded by white racists such as Democratic Senator James Eastland, and the white paternalism that often dictated social behavior created a culture of oppression that black southerners w...

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Published inThe Journal of African American History Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 445 - 447
Main Author Morris, Tiyi
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Silver Spring Association for the Study of African American Life and History 01.07.2007
University of Chicago Press
Subjects
Activism
African Americans
Community
Leadership
Political power
Social change
Voter registration
White supremacy
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Summary:The system of sharecropping that dominated the region and suppressed black economic autonomy; the political power wielded by white racists such as Democratic Senator James Eastland, and the white paternalism that often dictated social behavior created a culture of oppression that black southerners would find nearly impossible to challenge successfully. In so doing Moye presents a rich history of local activism that countered white domination and terrorism to bring the Civil Rights Movement to Sunflower County with a focus on activists from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and homegrown leaders such as Fannie Lou Hamer.
ISSN:1548-1867
2153-5086