Hattiesburg - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hattiesburg write by William Sturkey. This book was released on 2019-03-28. Hattiesburg available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the 2020 Zócalo Public Square Book Prize “Clear-eyed and meticulous...While depicting the terrors of Jim Crow, [Sturkey] also shows how Hattiesburg’s black residents, forced to forge their own communal institutions, laid the organizational groundwork for the civil rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s.” —New York Times “Sturkey’s magnificent portrait reminds us that Mississippi is no anachronism. It is the dark heart of American modernity.” —Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk If you really want to understand Jim Crow—what it was and how African Americans rose up to defeat it—you should start by visiting Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the heart of the historic black downtown. There you can see remnants of the shops and churches where, amid the violence and humiliation of segregation, men and women gathered to build a remarkable community. William Sturkey introduces us to both old-timers and newcomers who arrived in search of economic opportunities promised by the railroads, sawmills, and factories of the New South. And he takes us across town into the homes of white Hattiesburgers to show how their lives were shaped by the changing fortunes of the Jim Crow South.
Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards
Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards write by Reagan L. Grimsley. This book was released on 2004. Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Located in the heart of Mississippi's piney woods, Hattiesburg was named by William H. Hardy in honor of his second wife, Hattie Lott Hardy. Incorporated in 1884, the town quickly established itself as a regional center of the yellow pine lumber industry, and by 1910 it was the fifth largest city in the state. During the 20th century higher education became an important part of the city's persona, with the establishment of William Carey College and The University of Southern Mississippi. Camp Shelby, established in 1917 to train soldiers for World War I, also trained soldiers for World War II, the Vietnam Conflict, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terror. Today, Hattiesburg is the center of a metropolitan area of over 110,000 people that encompasses Forrest and Lamar Counties.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hattiesburg, Mississippi write by Benjamin Morris. This book was released on 2014-11-18. Hattiesburg, Mississippi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Founded by William Hardy at the confluence of rivers and rail lines, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is today a capital of education, healthcare, commerce and the armed forces in the Gulf South. In this new biography of the Hub City, experience its story as you never have before. Hunt and forage alongside Native American tribes centuries before European settlement. Build a cabin with pioneer lumbermen on the edge of the forest, jostling for profit in the cavernous Piney Woods. Train with soldiers at Camp Shelby on the eve of deployment in World War II, and march alongside civil rights activists during Freedom Summer in 1964. In this narrative history, author and Hattiesburg native Benjamin Morris offers a captivating account of the Hub City from its prehistory to the present day, from its darkest hours to its brightest futures.
Hattiesburg Mississippi
Hattiesburg Mississippi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hattiesburg Mississippi write by Benjamin Morris. This book was released on 2014. Hattiesburg Mississippi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This narrative history of Hattiesburg, MS illustrates the people, places, and events that have shaped its cultural and natural history. Founded by William Hardy at the confluence of rivers and rail lines, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is today a capital of education, healthcare, commerce and the armed forces in the Gulf South. In this new biography of the Hub City, experience its story as you never have before. Hunt and forage alongside Native American tribes centuries before European settlement. Build a cabin with pioneer lumbermen on the edge of the forest, jostling for profit in the cavernous Piney Woods. Train with soldiers at Camp Shelby on the eve of deployment in World War II, and march alongside civil rights activists during Freedom Summer in 1964. In this narrative history, author and Hattiesburg native Benjamin Morris offers a captivating account of the Hub City from its prehistory to the present day, from its darkest hours to its brightest futures.
Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hattiesburg write by William Sturkey. This book was released on 2019. Hattiesburg available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this rich multigenerational saga of race and family in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, William Sturkey reveals the personal stories behind the men and women who struggled to uphold their southern "way of life" against the threat of desegregation, and those who fought to tear it down in the name of justice and racial equality.--
