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

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.

Author: K. Rogers
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/22/2006
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.68w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9781403960351

About the Author
KIM LACY ROGERS is Professor of History and American Studies at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, USA. She is author of Righteous Lives: Narratives of the New Orleans Civil Rights Movement.