Thunder of Freedom
Subtitle: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780813140933
Subjects: African americans, civil rights
Description: 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.