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We had sneakers, they had guns, the kids who fought for civil rights in Mississippi, Tracy Sugarman

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We had sneakers, they had guns, the kids who fought for civil rights in Mississippi, Tracy Sugarman
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
We had sneakers, they had guns
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
1076720699
Responsibility statement
Tracy Sugarman
Series statement
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Sub title
the kids who fought for civil rights in Mississippi
Summary
In We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns, Sugarman chronicles the sacrifices, tragedies, and triumphs of that unprecedented moment in our nation's history. Two white students and one black student were slain in the struggle, many were beaten and hundreds arrested, and churches and homes were burned to the ground by the opponents of equality. Yet the example of Freedom Summer- whites united with heroic black Mississippians to challenge apartheid-resonated across the nation. The United States Congress was finally moved to pass the civil rights legislation that enfranchised the millions of black Americans who had been waiting for equal rights for a century. Blending oral history with memoir, this draws the reader into the lives of Sugarman's subjects, showing the passion and naivete of the volunteers, the bravery of the civil rights leaders, and the candid, sometimes troubling reactions of the black and white Delta residents. Sugarman's unique reportorial art, in word and image, makes this book a vital record of our nation's past.--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
pt. 1. The long, hot summer, 1964. Charles McLaurin ; Oxford ; The Delta ; Goodman, Schwerner, Chaney ; The Lindseys ; Blacks, whites, and whites ; Drew ; Freedom School ; Fannie Lou Hamer ; Drawing conclusions ; Indianola ; The Civil Rights Bill ; Birth of a partypt. 2. Return to the Delta. June 1965 ; Return to the Lindseys ; Durrough ; Richard ; Linda ; Cephus ; Marguerite ; Liz ; Farewell to the Lindseys ; Farewell to the Deltapt. 3. The roads from the Delta. Legacy ; My road ; Bette Lindsey ; June Johnson ; L.C. Dorsey ; Charlie Cobb ; Martha Honey ; Owen Brooks ; Leslie McLemore ; In memoriam ; Linda Davis ; John Lewis ; Nonviolence ; Julian Bondpt. 4. Mississippi, October 2001. Mississippi redux ; Return to Ruleville ; Jack Harper ; Losing the children ; The story to tell ; Young power ; Standing on shouders ; Long time passing ; Dale Gronemeier ; Len Edwards ; Fortieth reunion, 2004 ; Jim Dann ; John Harris ; Liz Fusco ; Chris Hexter ; Unsettling memories ; Crossing the highway ; Not a stranger

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