Mississippi's exiled daughter : how my civil rights baptism under fire shaped my life /

Mississippi's exiled daughter : how my civil rights baptism under fire shaped my life /

In 1961, 16-year-old Brenda Travis was a youth leader of the NAACP branch in her hometown of McComb, Mississippi. She joined in the early stages of voter registration, and when the Freedom Rides and direct action reached McComb, she and two SNCC workers sat-in at the local bus station. That led to h...

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Main Authors: Travis, Brenda (Author), Obee, John (Author)
Other Authors: Moses, Robert Parris (writer of foreword.), O'Brien, J. Randall (writer of afterword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montgomery, Alabama : NewSouth Books, [2018]
Subjects:
Travis, Brenda.
1900-1999
African American civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
African Americans > Mississippi > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
History.
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