Greater Freedom: The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761852308)

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.

Author: Charles W. Jr. McKinney
ISBN-10: 0761852301
ISBN-13: 9780761852308
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2010
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.06w x 0.70d