Divine Agitators - The Delta Ministry and Civil Rights in Mississippi

Informationen zum Autor Mark Newman is a reader in history at the University of Edinburgh. He won the Southern Regional Council's Lillian Smith Book Award for "Getting Right with God." Klappentext The first full-length history of one of the largest and most enduring civil rights organizations in the Mississippi movement. Zusammenfassung In this first book-length study of the Delta Ministry, Mark Newman tells how the organization conducted literacy, citizenship, and vocational training. He documents the Ministry's role in fostering the growth of Head Start and community-based health care and in widening the distribution of free surplus federal food and food stamps.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mark Newman
• Edition: The University of Georgia Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.01.2004
• EAN: 9780820325323
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2532-3
• Pages: 360
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Ethnologie > Folklore; Amerikanische Geschichte, Ethnic Studies, USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Ethnic Issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights