Brother Outsider, Brother Insider: A Political Biography of Lawrence Guyot Jr.

by Chris Danielson

Lawrence Thomas Guyot Jr. (1939-2012), known simply as "Guyot" (pronounced ghee-aught), was a pivotal yet underrecognized figure in the civil rights movement. As a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary in the 1960s, he battled southern poverty and racism, championing voting rights for Black Mississippians. His leadership in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) highlighted tensions between the MFDP's electoral...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469685760
• ISBN13: 9781469685762
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages