We Will Shoot Back : : Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement / / Akinyele Omowale Umoja.
Winner of the 2014 Anna Julia Cooper-CLR James Book Award presented by the National Council of Black StudiesWinner of the 2014 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in LiteratureIn We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that...
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Umoja, Akinyele Omowale, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut We Will Shoot Back : Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement / Akinyele Omowale Umoja. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Terror and Resistance -- 2. “I’m Here, Not Backing Up” -- 3. “Can’t Give Up My Stuff” -- 4. “Local People Carry the Day” -- 5. “Ready to Die and Defend” -- 6. “We Didn’t Turn No Jaws” -- 7. “Black Revolution Has Come” -- 8. “No Longer Afraid” -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Winner of the 2014 Anna Julia Cooper-CLR James Book Award presented by the National Council of Black StudiesWinner of the 2014 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in LiteratureIn We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that armed resistance was critical to the Southern freedom struggle and the dismantling of segregation and Black disenfranchisement. Intimidation and fear were central to the system of oppression in most of the Deep South. To overcome the system of segregation, Black people had to overcome fear to present a significant challenge to White domination. As the civil rights movement developed, armed self-defense and resistance became a significant means by which the descendants of enslaved Africans overturned fear and intimidation and developed different political and social relationships between Black and White Mississippians.This riveting historical narrative reconstructs the armed resistance of Black activists, their challenge of racist terrorism, and their fight for human rights. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) African Americans Civil rights Mississippi History 20th century. African Americans Suffrage Mississippi History 20th century. Civil rights movements Mississippi History 20th century. Civil rights workers Mississippi History 20th century. Self-defense Political aspects Mississippi History 20th century. HISTORY / United States / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814725245 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814725474 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814725474/original |
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