Life and Death in the Delta: African American Narratives of Violence, Resilience, and Social Change - Hardcover

by K. Rogers (Author)

Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth Century. Based on oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, this work reveals the impact of that oppression.

Author Biography

KIM LACY ROGERS is Professor of History and American Studies at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, USA. She is author of Righteous Lives: Narratives of the New Orleans Civil Rights Movement.