The Senator And The Sharecropper - The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer (Hardcover, English)


The story of two larger-than-life personalities from one humble corner of the Missippi Delta: the senator, James O. Eastland, a fabulously wealthy cotton planter and the sharecropper, Fannie Lou Hamer, who grew up desperately poor a few miles from Eastland's plantation. Asch charts the epic struggle for black equality in the 20th century by telling the story of the two deeply intertwined life histories of the staunch segregationist senator and his sharecropper nemesis.

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The story of two larger-than-life personalities from one humble corner of the Missippi Delta: the senator, James O. Eastland, a fabulously wealthy cotton planter and the sharecropper, Fannie Lou Hamer, who grew up desperately poor a few miles from Eastland's plantation. Asch charts the epic struggle for black equality in the 20th century by telling the story of the two deeply intertwined life histories of the staunch segregationist senator and his sharecropper nemesis.

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General

Imprint

The New Press

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

April 2008

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First published

May 2008

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Dimensions

234 x 157 x 30mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

384

Edition

English

ISBN-13

978-1-59558-332-1

Barcode

9781595583321

Categories

LSN

1-59558-332-7



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