Hattiesburg : an American city in black and white / William Sturkey.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [(c)2019.]Description: 1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780674240667
- 0674240669
- 9780674240674
- 0674240677
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- History
- White people -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- Attitudes
- African Americans -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- Public opinion
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- History -- Personal narratives
- Hattiesburg (Miss.) -- Race relations -- History
- F349.36
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| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Book | G. Allen Fleece Library Online | Non-fiction | F349.36 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | on1088407502 |
In this rich multigenerational saga of race and family in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, William Sturkey reveals the personal stories behind the men and women who struggled to uphold their southern "way of life" against the threat of desegregation, and those who fought to tear it down in the name of justice and racial equality.--
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: People of spirit -- Visionaries -- The bottom rail -- The noble spirit -- A little colony of Mississippians -- Broken promises -- Those who stayed -- Reliance -- Community children -- Salvation -- A rising -- Crying in the wilderness -- When the movement came -- Conclusion: Changes.
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