Mississippi Zion The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County, 1865-1915
Evan Howard Ashford, "Mississippi Zion: The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County, 1865-1915"
English | ISBN: 1496839722 | 2022 | 248 pages | PDF | 18 MB
From lesser-known state figures to the ancestors of Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, and James Meredith, Mississippi Zion: The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County, 1865-1915 brings the voices and experiences of everyday people to the forefront and reveals a history dictated by people rather than eras. Author Evan Howard Ashford, a native of the county, examines how African Americans in Attala County, after the Civil War, shaped economic and social politics as a nonmajority racial group. At the same time, Ashford provides a broader view of Black life occurring throughout the state during the same period.