American Congo : The African American Freedom Struggle in the Delta.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780674045330
- African Americans-Civil rights-Mississippi-Delta (Region)-History-20th century
- African Americans-Civil rights-Arkansas-Arkansas Delta-History-20th century
- Sharecroppers-Mississippi-Delta (Region)-Social conditions-20th century
- Sharecroppers-Arkansas-Arkansas Delta-Social conditions-20th century
- Civil rights movements-Mississippi-Delta (Region)-History-20th century
- Civil rights movements-Arkansas-Arkansas Delta-History-20th century
- Plantation life-Mississippi-Delta (Region)-History-20th century
- Plantation life-Arkansas-Arkansas Delta-History-20th century
- Delta (Miss. : Region)-Race relations
- Arkansas Delta (Ark.)-Race relations
- 976.2/400496073
- F347
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Forging of the Alluvial Empire -- 2. Tensions of Empire -- 3. The Killing Fields -- 4. The Black People's Burden -- 5. Revolt against Mean Things -- 6. A War within a War -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
This is the story of how rural Black people struggled against the oppressive sharecropping system of the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta during the first half of the twentieth century.
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