Isbn: 9780807045329 - when it's darkness on the delta: how america's richest soil became its poorest land (13 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. xix, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Palimpsest The dimming mystique of Mileston "It's going to take a Moses" "We thought Mississippi was safer than Arkansas" The past is a foreign country "The jewel of the Delta" Race, health, and poverty in a sanctuary from segregation "Hunger has no color line" Saving an opportunity desert A cruel and intolerable burden "Justice is a blind goddess" The wrong side of that fence Your blues ain't like mine Casino lights Resilience and salvation in the Delta A veiled mirror.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 264 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.27 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 264 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.27 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For readers of The Sum of Us and South to America, an essential new look at the roots of American inequalityand the seeds of its transformationOnce the powerhouse of a fledgling country's economy, the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often faulted for the sins of the South, portrayed as a regional backwater that willfully cleaved itself from the modern world. But buried beneath the weight of good ol' boy politics and white-washed histories lies the Delta's true story.Mississippi native and award-winning writer W. Ralph Eubanks unearths the region's buried history, revealing a microcosm of economic oppression in the US. He traverses the Delta, examining its bellwether efforts to combat income inequality through vivid portraits of key figures like- Theodore G. Bilbo and William Whittington, segregationist congressmen who sabotaged federal reparations for former sharecroppers in the 1940s and '50s- Gloria Carter Dickerson, founder of the Emmett Till Academy, whose parents were instrumental in desegregating schools in Drew, MS, where Till was murdered- Calvin Head, a community organizer who runs a farming co-op in Mileston, who revived the legacy of his hometown, the only Black resettlement community in MississippiEubanks delivers a powerful and insightful examination of how racism and economic instability have shaped life in the Mississippi Delta. He traces the enduring consequences of political decisions that have entrenched inequality across generations. At the same time, he brings attention to the resilience of local communities and the grassroots movements working toward meaningful change. The book offers a thoughtful framework for policy reform and community investment, underscoring the need to support those who have long sustained the region through their labor and lived experience. …

Zustand: New. W. Ralph Eubanks is a faculty fellow and writer in residence at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape.