Aaron Henry of Mississippi : inside agitator

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Aaron Henry of Mississippi : inside agitator

Morrison, Minion K. C. 1946- (Author).

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ISBN: 9781557287595
ISBN: 1557287597
ISBN: 9781610755641
ISBN: 1610755642
Physical Description: xxi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Publisher: Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Preface -- Introduction -- Son of sharecroppers and entrepreneurs : rites of passage in a segregated society -- Military service, family, and profession : challenging contested citizenship at war and at home -- Aaron Henry, the NAACP, and indigenous leadership : the Clarksdale social movement -- Demanding restoration of the black franchise : Henry heads the Freedom Vote ticket, a 1963 mock election -- An alternative to the segregated state Democratic Party : the MFDP goes to Atlantic City, 1964 -- Henry the public entrepreneur and network tactician : exploiting national allies and cultivating local interracial partners -- Private and public entrepreneurship for redistributive justice : addressing African American socioeconomic disparities -- Taking the reins of the state Democratic Party : Henry wrests power from the segregationists -- The summit and culmination : Henry as a state legislator and his political demise -- Conclusion and postscript.