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Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi

Sojourner

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Finalist:Minnesota Book Award -Memoir (2014)
The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue Sojourner and her husband arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the wake of this historic time, known as ""Freedom Summer."" From September 1964 until her departure from the state in 1969, Sojourner collected an incredible number of documents, oral histories, and photograp

Book Details

  • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
  • Publish Date: Feb 8th, 2013
  • Pages: 336
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.20in - 1.20in - 1.40lb
  • EAN: 9780813140933
  • Categories: • Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Bl• United States - 20th Century• Civil Rights

About the Author

Sojourner: - Sue Lorenzi Sojourner is a veteran of the civil rights movement who worked with the citizens of Holmes County, Mississippi from fall 1964 through summer 1969 to achieve racial equality. She has produced two photography exhibitions using reproductions of her original 1960s photographs.
Reitan, Cheryl: - Cheryl Reitan is a university administrator and the editor of the alumni magazine for the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She has published short stories and articles in numerous literary and professional journals.
Dittmer, John: - John Dittmer, professor emeritus at DePauw University, is the author of The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care. He lives in Fillmore, Indiana.

Praise for this book

""Sue Sojourner's account of her mid-1960s work in Holmes County, Mississippi, is an important, engaging manuscript and one that speaks to a number of significant themes and topics in the scholarship of the civil rights movement." -- Emilye Crosby, Civil Rights History from the Ground Up: Local Struggles, a National Movement" --

"" Thunder of Freedom captures the struggles, the stories, and the spirit of the movement and the community organizing that brought about great change in that time and place. Now is the time to continue the march toward freedom until there is a level playing field for every child in Mississippi and in America."-- Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund" --

"Finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards for memoir" --

" Thunder of Freedom is an informative read that provides important analysis and firsthand accounts of the human rights movement in Mississippi." -- The Griot