| Descript |
xxi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
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. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997.
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African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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Biographies. |
| ISBN |
9781557287595 |
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1557287597 |
| Standard # |
Univ of Arkansas Pr, C/O Chicago Distribtuion Ctr 11030 Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628 SAN 202-5280 |
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