Robert Parris Moses : a life in civil rights and leadership at the grassroots / Laura Visser-Maessen.

Author/creator Visser-Maessen, Laura author.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Descriptionxvii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Moses, Robert Parris.
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi. --Biography.
Civil rights workers--Mississippi. --Biography.
African Americans--Mississippi. --Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights. --Mississippi.
Civil rights movements--Mississippi. --History. --20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations.

Contents The making of a mind -- A movement education -- You killed my husband -- The Bob Moses mystique -- A new dimension -- Damned if you, damned if you don't -- Freedom is a constant struggle -- A moment lost -- Not a happy time.
Abstract "This new biography casts Moses in a new light, revealing him as a far more strategic, calculating, and hands-on organizer than in previous portrayals of him as an idealist and saintly figure"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formBiography.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2015031955
ISBN9781469627984 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN1469627981 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN(ebook)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E185.97 .M89 V57 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold