Wednesdays in Mississippi : proper ladies working for radical change, Freedom Summer 1964 / Debbie Z. Harwell.

Tells the story of WIMS, an organization that collected middle-aged, middle (and upper) class, women activists (of mixed religious background) to work on civil rights projects in Mississippi, hoping to disband the stereotype of student radicals as interlopers and troublemakers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harwell, Debbie Z.
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
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Physical Description:xi, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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