Southwest Virginia Civil Rights Leader Nannie Berger Hairston: An Oral History

by Sheree Scarborough

Nannie Berger Hairston was a crusader for justice in twentieth-century Virginia.

Nannie Berger Hairston was born in West Virginia in 1921, half a century after the end of the Civil War. She attended segregated schools, graduated, married and started a family. When Nannie's husband, John, lost his job in the coal mine, the Hairstons moved to Southwest Virginia. It was the height of Jim Crow, and yet, against great...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467153214
• ISBN13: 9781467153218
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages