The Nine O'Clock Whistle: Stories of the Freedom Struggle for Civil Rights in Enfield, North Carolina - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Willa Cofield, Cynthia Samuelson, Mildred SextonSeries:Margaret Walker Alexander African American StudiesPublish date:02/17/25Pages:355
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496852380ISBN-10:1496852389UPC:9781496852380Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Civil Rights, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.47 x 6.59 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.5124Product ID:SCJWF8NBGX
The Nine O'Clock Whistle: Stories of the Freedom Struggle for Civil Rights in Enfield, North Carolina
Between the years of 1963 and 1965, civil rights protests rocked rural communities like Enfield, a small North Carolina town where segregationist and white supremacist attitudes prevailed. Whites in Enfield enforced a variety of racist norms and employed a range of racist practices, including the sounding of a siren on Saturday nights meant to order Black residents to leave the downtown streets...
Series: Margaret Walker Alexander African American Studies
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496852380ISBN-10:1496852389UPC:9781496852380Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Civil Rights, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.47 x 6.59 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.5124Product ID:SCJWF8NBGX
Willa Cofield is a retired educator with a deep devotion to community uplift. She previously held positions at the North Carolina Fund, Livingston College, and the New Jersey Department of Education. She produced the documentary films The Brick School Legacy, and, with Karen Riley, The Nine O'clock Whistle. Cynthia Samuelson spent more than twenty-five years leading public and private information...
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
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