Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi

by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner and Cheryl Reitan

The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue Sojourner and her husband arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the wake of this historic time, known as ""Freedom Summer."" From September 1964 until her departure from the state in 1969, Sojourner collected an incredible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813140935
• ISBN13: 9780813140933
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up