Bibliograph

Greater freedom, the evolution of the civil rights struggle in Wilson, North Carolina, Charles W. McKinney, Jr

Type

Label

Greater freedom, the evolution of the civil rights struggle in Wilson, North Carolina, Charles W. McKinney, Jr

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Greater freedom

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Charles W. McKinney, Jr

Sub title

the evolution of the civil rights struggle in Wilson, North Carolina

Summary

Greater Freedom offers a groundbreaking long-term community study of Wilson County, North Carolina. Charting the evolution of Wilson's civil rights movement, Charles McKinney argues that African Americans in Wilson created an expansive notion of freedom that influenced every aspect of life in the region and directly confronted the state's reputation for moderation. Through exhaustive research and a compelling narrative, McKinney chronicles the approaches and perspectives that blacks in this eastern North Carolina county utilized to confront white supremacy. In the face of violence, intimidation, and marginalization, voting rights activists, educational reformers, the collaboration of union members, students, and working class black women activists in Wilson built a grassroots movement that helped shape the course of the national civil rights movement in America

Target audience

adult

Classification