Title: Thunder of freedom : Black leadership and the transformation of 1960s Mississippi /
Authors: Sojourner, Sue [Lorenzi], 1941-; Reitan, Cheryl.
Year: 2013
Subjects: African Americans Civil rights Mississippi History; Civil rights movements Mississippi History; African American leadership Mississippi History; Mississippi Race relations History
Abstract: The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue (Lorenzi) Sojourner and her husband, Henry Lorenzi, arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the wake of this historic time, known as Freedom Summer. From her arrival in September 1964 until her departure in 1969, Sojourner amassed an extensive collection of photographs, oral histories, and documents chronicling the dramatic events she witnessed. Thunder of Freedom weaves together Sojourner's interviews and photographs with accounts of her own experiences as an activist during the movement.
Contents: From California to Mississippi: August-September 1964 -- What we walked into: early voter registration efforts: winter 1962-September 1964 -- Mileston: September-October 1964 -- The Holmes County Community Center: November 1964-January 1965 -- The congressional challenge and marching for freedom: January-July 1965 -- School desegregation, Head Start, and the medical committee: spring 1965 to early 1966 -- Voter registration: December 1964-December 1965 -- The Greenville Air Base demonstration and the Community Action Program: January-December 1966 -- Political organizing: January-June 1966 -- The Meredith March: June-July 1966 -- The November 1966 elections and coalition building: fall 1966-January 1967 -- Reading "The some people" story and a trip north: February-April 1967 -- Selecting the FDP candidates from Holmes: January-June 1967 -- Black and white issues with SNCC workers: summer 1967 -- The success of the 1967 Holmes County elections: September-November 1967 -- Changed lives: celebrating the movement and its people.