God's long summer : stories of faith and civil rights / Charles Marsh.

Author/creator Marsh, Charles, 1958-
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©1997.
Descriptionx, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Subjects
African Americans--Civil rights. --Mississippi. --History. --20th century.
Civil rights movements--Mississippi. --History. --20th century.
Civil rights--Mississippi. --Religious aspects. --Christianity.
Civil rights workers--Religious life. --Mississippi. --History. --20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Mississippi--Church history. --20th century.

Contents With God on our side : faiths in conflict -- "I'm on my way, praise God" : Mrs. Hamer's fight for freedom -- High priest of the anti-civil rights movement : the calling of Sam Bowers -- Douglas Hudgins : theologian of the closed society -- Inside agitator : Ed King's church visits -- Cleveland Sellers and the river of no return -- Clearburning fragments of a reconciling faith.
Local noteLittle-316585--305131019143V
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-265) and index.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Gene and Susan Roberts
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
LCCN 97010668
ISBN0691021341 (cloth : alk. paper)