Thunder of Freedom bookcover

Thunder of Freedom

Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi

Sojourner 

(Author)

, 

Cheryl Reitan 

(With)

, 

John Dittmer 

(Foreword by)
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Description

The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue Sojourner and her husband arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the wake of this historic time, known as ""Freedom Summer."" From September 1964 until her departure from the state in 1969, Sojourner collected an incredible number of documents, oral histories, and photograp

Product Details

PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
Publish DateFebruary 08, 2013
Pages336
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9780813140933
Dimensions9.1 X 6.2 X 1.2 inches | 1.4 pounds

About the Author

Sue Lorenzi Sojourner is a veteran of the civil rights movement who worked with the citizens of Holmes County, Mississippi from fall 1964 through summer 1969 to achieve racial equality. She has produced two photography exhibitions using reproductions of her original 1960s photographs.
Cheryl Reitan is a university administrator and the editor of the alumni magazine for the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She has published short stories and articles in numerous literary and professional journals.
John Dittmer, professor emeritus at DePauw University, is the author of The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care. He lives in Fillmore, Indiana.

Reviews

" Thunder of Freedom is an informative read that provides important analysis and firsthand accounts of the human rights movement in Mississippi." -- The Griot


"" Thunder of Freedom captures the struggles, the stories, and the spirit of the movement and the community organizing that brought about great change in that time and place. Now is the time to continue the march toward freedom until there is a level playing field for every child in Mississippi and in America."-- Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund" --


""Sue Sojourner's account of her mid-1960s work in Holmes County, Mississippi, is an important, engaging manuscript and one that speaks to a number of significant themes and topics in the scholarship of the civil rights movement." -- Emilye Crosby, Civil Rights History from the Ground Up: Local Struggles, a National Movement" --


"Finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards for memoir" --

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