Thunder of freedom black leadership and the transformation of 1960s Mississippi - Sojourner, Sue Lorenzi 1941- (Univ. Press of Kentucky, 2013)
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references and index
From California to Mississippi: August-September 1964 -- What we walked into: early voter registration efforts: winter 1962-September 1964 -- Mileston: September-October 1964 -- The Holmes County Community Center: November 1964-January 1965 -- The congressional challenge and marching for freedom: January-July 1965 -- School desegregation, Head Start, and the medical committee: spring 1965 to early 1966 -- Voter registration: December 1964-December 1965 -- The Greenville Air Base demonstration and the Community Action Program: January-December 1966 -- Political organizing: January-June 1966 -- The Meredith March: June-July 1966 -- The November 1966 elections and coalition building: fall 1966-January 1967 -- Reading "The some people" story and a trip north: February-April 1967 -- Selecting the FDP candidates from Holmes: January-June 1967 -- Black and white issues with SNCC workers: summer 1967 -- The success of the 1967 Holmes County elections: September-November 1967 -- Changed lives: celebrating the movement and its people
Their stories. Sam and Laura Redmond ; Ralthus Hayes ; John Daniel Wesley ; Shadrach "Crook" Davis ; Norman and Rosebud Clark ; Reverend Jesse James Russell ; Alma Mitchell Carnegie ; Kids racing the bug sprayer ; McGee's Café ; Rosie Head's birthday party ; Reverend Joseph McChriston ; Mr. and Mrs. Burrell Tate ; Eugene Montgomery ; A group gathers for a county meeting ; Five people comment about Henry Lorenzi ; Movement visitors to the Balance Due home ; Robert G. Clark: the day is coming ; Edgar Love and the Tchula shootout ; Alec Shimkin's reflection ; Mary Lee Hightower ; Robert G. Clark, at a farmers co-op meeting ; A late-night meeting with Robert G. Clark