Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth Century. Based on oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, this work reveals the impact of that oppression.

Autorentext
KIM LACY ROGERS is Professor of History and American Studies at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, USA. She is author of Righteous Lives: Narratives of the New Orleans Civil Rights Movement.

Inhalt
Introduction: The Delta Oral History Project and the Stories of Lives PART I: SURVIVAL AMONG SHARECROPPERS: SUNFLOWER COUNTY Conditions of Life and Death Change and Movement Among the Poor PART II: A MARGIN OF INDEPENDENCE: LAND OWNERSHIP IN BOLIVAR COUNTY Achievement in Bolivar County and the Struggle for Education World War II and the Era of Massive Resistance The Movement and Head Start PART III: THE TRANSFORMATIVE PATH OF SERVICE: COAHOMA COUNTY