A little taste of freedom the Black freedom struggle in Claiborne County, Mississippi - Crosby, Emilye (University of North Carolina Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-331) and index
Jim Crow rules -- - A taste of freedom -- - Adapting and preserving white supremacy -- - Working for a better day -- - Reacting to the Brown decision -- - Winning the right to organize -- - A new day begun -- - Moving for freedom -- - It really started out at Alcorn -- - Everybody stood for the boycott -- - Clinging to power and the past -- - Seeing that justice is done -- - Our leader Charles Evers -- - Charles Evers's own little empire -- - A legacy of polarization -- - Not nearly what it ought to be -- - Conclusion - What it is this freedom? -- - Epilogue - Looking the Devil in the eye: who gets to tell the story?
A community study of the freedom movement in rural, majority-black Claiborne County, Mississippi that explores the impact of the African American freedom struggle on small communities. It analyzes the political and economic issues in the postmovement period, and the impact of the movement and the resilience of white supremacy