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• Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
• File Size : 33,8 Mb
• Release Date : 11 June 2007

The first book to focus on the integration of the Mississippi Gulf Coast

• Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
• File Size : 20,7 Mb
• Release Date : 01 August 2013

The sculptor Ed Hamilton presents information on his portrait bust of African-American civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963). Evers was murdered on June 12, 1963. He worked for the National Association

• Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
• File Size : 36,8 Mb
• Release Date : 02 June 2020

The sit-ins of the American civil rights movement were extraordinary acts of dissent in an age marked by protest. By sitting in at "whites only" lunch counters, libraries, beaches, swimming

• Publisher : University of Georgia Press
• File Size : 52,6 Mb
• Release Date : 12 May 2024

"This is a study of six beach resort communities on the U.S. South's Atlantic and Gulf coasts: Galveston, Biloxi, Panama City, St. Augustine, Myrtle Beach, and Virginia Beach. As

• Publisher : University Press of Florida
• File Size : 48,5 Mb
• Release Date : 20 July 2016

Florida Historical Society Harry T. and Hariette V. Moore Award  Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Nonfiction In May 1945, activists staged a “wade-in” at a whites-only beach in Miami,

• Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
• File Size : 48,6 Mb
• Release Date : 15 July 2015

Winner of the 2016 Lillian Smith Book Award When Aaron Henry returned home to Mississippi from World War II service in 1946, he was part of wave of black servicemen who challenged

• Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
• File Size : 31,9 Mb
• Release Date : 11 September 2023

Wading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast frames the fight for beach and school desegregation within the history of Black life in Biloxi, beginning with the arrival of slave

• Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
• File Size : 47,5 Mb
• Release Date : 24 June 2019

Inside are thirteen little-known tales from the Gulf Coast from Lake Borgne to Mobile. Sail into the Mississippi Sound with Bienville, the Frenchman covered in serpentine tattoos. Meet the heroes

• Publisher : Lexington Books
• File Size : 42,9 Mb
• Release Date : 24 November 2020

Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the American Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Biloxi, Mississippi, a small town on the coast, was one of the towns devastated directly by the storm. Drawing

• Publisher : UNC Press Books
• File Size : 53,7 Mb
• Release Date : 27 June 2016

The coasts of today's American South feature luxury condominiums, resorts, and gated communities, yet just a century ago, a surprising amount of beachfront property in the Chesapeake, along the Carolina