Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought For Civil Rights In MississippiISBN13:9780815609384ISBN10:0815609388Author:Sugarman, Tracy (Author)Description:No One Experienced The 1964 Freedom Summer Quite Like Tracy Sugarman As An Illustrator And Journalist, Sugarman Covered The Nearly One Thousand Student Volunteers Who Traveled To The Mississippi Delta To Assist Black Citizens In The South In Registering To Vote He Interviewed These Activists, Along With Local Civil Rights Leaders And Black And White Residents Not Directly Involved In The Movement, And Drew The People And Events That Made The Summer One Of The Most Heroic Chapters In America S Long March Toward Racial Justice In We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns, Sugarman Chronicles The Sacrifices, Tragedies, And Triumphs Of That Unprecedented Moment In Our Nation S History Two White Students And One Black Student Were Slain In The Struggle, Many Were Beaten And Hundreds Arrested, And Churches And Homes Were Burned To The Ground By The Opponents Of Equality Yet The Example Of Freedom Summer Whites United With Heroic Black Mississippians To Challenge Apartheid Resonated Across The Nation The United States Congress Was Finally Moved To Pass The Civil Rights Legislation That Enfranchised The Millions Of Black Americans Who Had Been Waiting For Equal Rights For A Century Blending Oral History With Memoir, We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns Draws The Reader Into The Lives Of Sugarman S Subjects, Showing The Passion And Naivete Of The Volunteers, The Bravery Of The Civil Rights Leaders, And The Candid, Sometimes Troubling Reactions Of The Black And White Delta Residents Sugarman S Unique Reportorial Art, In Word And Image, Makes This Book A Vital Record Of Our Nation S Past Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:SYRACUSE UNIV PRPublication Date:2009-07-08Weight:1.35 lbsDimensions:1'' H x 9.2'' L x 6.2'' WNumber of Pages:332Language:English
Price: 29.57 USD
Location: USA
End Time: 2024-08-22T13:21:38.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Number of Pages: 354 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns : the Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Civil Rights, Personal Memoirs, General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Item Height: 1 in
Item Weight: 22 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Author: Tracy Sugarman
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
