age ~90
from Ivoryton, CT
Author
Chris Myers Asch
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
New Press, The; First Edition edition (2008-05-01)
ISBN #
25
For decades after the Second World War, Senator James O. Eastland (1904–1986) was one of the more intransigent leaders of the Deep South’s resistance to what he called “the Second Reconstruction.” And yet he developed, late in his life, a very real friendship with state NAACP chair Aaron Henry. Big ...
Author
J. Lee Annis
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
400
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN #
149680614X
EAN Code
9781496806147
ISBN #
22
In this fascinating study of race, politics, and economics in Mississippi, Chris Myers Asch tells the story of two extraordinary personalities-Fannie Lou Hamer and James O. Eastland-who represented deeply opposed sides of the civil rights movement. Both were from Sunflower County: Eastland was a wea...
Author
Chris Myers Asch
Binding
Paperback
Pages
392
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN #
0807872024
EAN Code
9780807872024
ISBN #
12
In the years following World War II, the national Democratic Party aligned its agenda more and more with the goals of the civil rights movement. By contrast, a majority of southern Democrats remained as committed as ever to a traditional, segregationist ideology. Through the career of Senator James ...
Author
Maarten Zwiers
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
304
Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN #
0807160016
EAN Code
9780807160015
ISBN #
11
The epic struggle for black equality in the twentieth century, told through the deeply intertwined life histories of the staunch segregationist and his sharecropper nemesis.Sunflower County, Mississippi, is a land of seeming contradictions. It boasts some of the world's richest soil, yet has produce...
Author
Chris Myers Asch
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
368
Publisher
New Press, The
ISBN #
1595583327
EAN Code
9781595583321
ISBN #
1
This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on May 1, 2010. The length of the article is 1030 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immedi...
Author
Chana Kai Lee
Binding
Digital
Pages
4
Publisher
Southern Historical Association
ISBN #
2
James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 February 19, 1986) was an American politician from Mississippi who briefly served in the United States Senate as ...