Aaron Henry
Subtitle: The Fire Ever Burning (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781578062126
Subjects: Biography / Autobiography; History; Civil rights movements; Biography; Mississippi; People of Color; Blacks In The U.S.; Mississippi - Local History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Historical - U.S.; Sports - Baseball; 1922-; Civil rights workers; Henry, Aaron,; 20th century; African American civil rights; African American civil rights workers
First sentence: White people used to say we didn't mind that hot Mississippi sun, beating the strength out of our backs and drawing the sap from our souls.
Description: "Although Aaron Henry (1922-1997) was one of the nation's major grassroots fighters in the freedom movement on local, state, and national levels, his name has not yet been accorded its full recognition. This book reveals why Henry should be acknowledged - in the ranks of Fannie Lou Hamer and Medgar Evers - as a truly influential crusader.".

"Born in the age of segregation in the Mississippi Delta, the son of a sharecropper, he became state president of the NAACP in 1959. He was able, more than any previous leader, to unite Mississippi blacks, despite diversities of age, ideology, and class, in confronting white supremacy.".

"He spearheaded the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Some activists criticized him for urging protesters to take the middle ground between the NAACP's conservative position and SNCC's militant activism." "Facing recurring death threats, thirty-three jailings, and Klan bombings of his home and drugstore, Henry remained stalwart and courageous."--BOOK JACKET.