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Borrowed land, stolen labor, and the Holy Spirit : the struggle for power and equality in Holmes County, Mississippi /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feldman, Diane T. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson, USA : University Press of Mississippi, [2025]
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > Holmes County > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > Religious aspects.
African Americans > Mississippi > Holmes County > Social conditions.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > Holmes County > History.
Holmes County (Miss.) > Race relations > History.
Holmes County (Miss.) > History.
Holmes County (Miss.) > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Holmes County
  • The land is mine: before 1860
  • Civil War to Jim Crow, 1861 to 1890
  • A new century, 1900 to 1950
  • Desegregation and voting rights, 1950 to 1980
  • The second redemption, 1960 to present
  • Still here.