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

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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.
Subjects:
Wednesdays in Mississippi (Organization)
African American women political activists > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American women civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi Freedom Project > History.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xi, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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