Minds Stayed on Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle in the Rural South [An Oral History]. by Youth of the Rural Organizing and Cultural Center - 1991.

Boulder, CO Westview Press, 1991. Hardcover First Edition [1991]; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. First Edition [1991]; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. Fine in Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. The DJ is also flawless; the price has not been clipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.3 x 6.25 x 0.9 inches). 189 pages. Introduction by Jay MacLeod. Weight: 1 pound, 3.6 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Based on interviews by local youths, this is a portrait of the civil rights struggle in one Mississippi county. While the national Civil Rights Movement has been given broad coverage by journalists and scholars, this book provides an account of the experiences of ordinary people. Movement veterans recount how they overcame their fear in the face of terrorist resistance and collectively transformed the political and social fabric of their community. The detailed picture that emerges from the interviews brings into relief issues that remain hazy in studies of national scope. These include the resource of black land ownership, the limited extent of church involvement, the commitment to armed self-defence, the role of women, divisions of social class within the Movement, the range of white response and retaliation, and the interplay between direct action and legal tactics.