{"product_id":"memphis-tennessee-garrison-memphis-tennessee-garrison-9780821413746","title":"Memphis Tennessee Garrison: The Remarkable Story of a Black Appalachian Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a black Appalachian woman, Memphis Tennessee Garrison belonged to a demographic category triply ignored by historians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe daughter of former slaves, she moved to McDowell County, West Virginia, at an early age and died at ninety-eight in Huntington. The coalfields of McDowell County were among the richest seams in the nation. As Garrison makes clear, the backbone of the early mining work force-those who laid the railroad tracks, manned the coke ovens, and dug the coal-were black miners. These miners and their families created communities that became the centers of the struggle for unions, better education, and expanded civil rights. Memphis Tennessee Garrison, an innovative teacher, administrative worker at U.S. Steel, and vice president of the National Board of the NAACP at the height of the civil rights struggle (1963-66), was involved with all of these struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn many ways, this oral history, based on interview transcripts, is the untold and multidimensional story of African American life in West Virginia, as seen through the eyes of a remarkable woman. She portrays a courageous people who organize to improve their working conditions, send their children to school and then to college, own land, and support a wide range of cultural and political activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Memphis Tennessee Garrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821413740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821413746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 5.96w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/11\/2001 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2001 pg. 1830\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2001 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 946\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2001 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 112 - Strongly Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 43","brand":"Memphis Tennessee Garrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926521807103,"sku":"9780821413746","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d0c1dab7-0bd0-4da3-a473-11616ddfe3df.jpg?v=1681083528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/memphis-tennessee-garrison-memphis-tennessee-garrison-9780821413746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}