The Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer

by Chris Myers Asch

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In this fascinating study of race, politics, and economics in Mississippi, Chris Myers Asch tells the story of two extraordinary personalities--Fannie Lou Hamer and James O. Eastland--who represented deeply opposed sides of the civil rights movement. Both were from Sunflower County: Eastland was a wealthy white planter and one of the most powerful segregationists in the U.S. Senate, while Hamer, a sharecropper who grew up desperately poor just a few...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807872024

ISBN13:9780807872024

Release Date:February 2011

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

20th Century African-American & Black African-American Studies Ethnic & National History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics State & Local

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