Wading in desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Lemco, Amy creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. msu 2023 monographic eng remote 1 online resource ( xii, 185 pages) : illustrations (some color). Preface -- Chapter one. Black in Biloxi: Back-of-Town -- Chapter two. Still waters run deep: the beginning of a hero's journey -- Chapter three. Riptides: how Black taxpayers were forced to fund their oppression -- Chapter four. Wading in: petition, rejection, and "Operation Surf" -- Chapter five. Blood on the sand, cause of injury: "Integrational" -- Chapter six. From ripples to waves: shifting blame, calls for peace, and the national campaign -- Chapter seven. White sand, white solidarity: the continued policing of Harrison County beaches -- Chapter eight. Many oars: the other avenues of civil rights progress in Harrison County -- Chapter nine. Tides turning: resuming the federal trial and the final wade-in -- Chapter ten. High tide, low tide: progress, pushback, and desegregation -- Chapter eleven: Sand between my toes: continuing work for racial equity -- Epilogue. Flotsam, jetsam: the demise of the State Sovereignty Commission, unforeseen consequences, and horizons ahead -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. Amy Lemco. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us-ms Mason, Gilbert R Mason, Gilbert R African Americans Civil rights Mississippi Biloxi History 20th century African American physicians Mississippi Biloxi Biography African American civil rights workers Mississippi Biloxi Biography Civil rights movements Mississippi Biloxi History 20th century Biloxi (Miss.) Biography Biloxi (Miss.) Race relations Noirs américains Droits Mississippi Biloxi Histoire 20e siècle Médecins noirs américains Mississippi Biloxi Biographies Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains Mississippi Biloxi Biographies Mouvements des droits de l'homme Mississippi Biloxi Histoire 20e siècle HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) African American civil rights workers African American physicians African Americans Civil rights Civil rights movements Race relations Mississippi Biloxi Biography & non-fiction prose Biography 1900-1999 fast F349.B5 L46 2023 323.1196/0730762130904 Wading in Lemco, Amy. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2023] (DLC) 2023022685 9781496847201 1496847202 9781496847171 1496847172 1496847180 9781496847195 1496847199 9781496847188 9781496847164 9781496850348 2023022686 22573/cats7162175 JSTOR http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.7193916 DLC 230517 20250331143014.0 in00005646725 eng