Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
|
Not currently available
Aaron Henry of Mississippi - Inside Agitator (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R633
Discovery Miles 6 330
You Save: R199
(24%)
|
|
Aaron Henry of Mississippi - Inside Agitator (Hardcover)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
When Aaron Henry returned home to Mississippi from World War II
service in 1946, he was part of wave of black servicemen who
challenged the racial status quo. He became a pharmacist through
the GI Bill, and as a prominent citizen, he organized a hometown
chapter of the NAACP and relatively quickly became leader of the
state chapter. From that launching pad he joined and helped lead an
ensemble of activists who fundamentally challenged the system of
segregation and the almost total exclusion of African Americans
from the political structure. These efforts were most clearly
evident in his leadership of the integrated Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party delegation, which, after an unsuccessful effort to
unseat the lily-white Democratic delegation at the Democratic
National Convention in 1964, won recognition from the national
party in 1968. The man who the New York Times described as being
"at the forefront of every significant boycott, sit-in, protest
march, rally, voter registration drive and court case" eventually
became a rare example of a social-movement leader who successfully
moved into political office. Aaron Henry of Mississippi covers the
life of this remarkable leader, from his humble beginnings in a
sharecropping family to his election to the Mississippi house of
representatives in 1979, all the while maintaining the
social-change ideology that prompted him to improve his native
state, and thereby the nation.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.