Life and Death in the Delta: African American Narratives of Violence, Resilience, and Social Change | National Humanities Center

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Life and Death in the Delta: African American Narratives of Violence, Resilience, and Social Change

By Kim Lacy Rogers (NHC Fellow, 1999–00)

African Americans; African American History; Oral History; Civil Rights; Agricultural Workers; Rural History; Local History; Southern United States; Louisiana

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

From the publisher’s description:

Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth Century. Based on oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, this work reveals the impact of that oppression.

Subjects
History / African Americans / African American History / Oral History / Civil Rights / Agricultural Workers / Rural History / Local History / Southern United States / Louisiana /

Rogers, Kim Lacy (NHC Fellow, 1999–00). Life and Death in the Delta: African American Narratives of Violence, Resilience, and Social Change. Palgrave Studies in Oral History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.