Catfish dream : Ed Scott's fight for his family farm and racial justice in the Mississippi Delta / Julian Rankin.

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Explores "the experiences, family, and struggles of Ed Scott Jr. (born in 1922), a prolific farmer in the Mississippi Delta and the first-ever nonwhite owner and operator of a catfish plant in the nation, ... [who] provides an example for economic mobility and activism in a region of the country tha...

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Uniform Title:	Southern Foodways Alliance studies in culture, people, and place.
Main Author:	Rankin, Julian (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2018.
Series:	Southern Foodways Alliance studies in culture, people, and place.
Subjects:	Scott, Ed, > Jr., > 1922-2015. African American farmers > Mississippi > Biography. Catfish fisheries > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Fishery processing plants > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African American business enterprises > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Mississippi > Economic conditions. African Americans > Mississippi > Social conditions. African American business enterprises. African American farmers. Catfish fisheries. Fishery processing plants. Mississippi. 1900-1999 History. Biographies.
Genre:	Biography. History. Biographies.
Physical Description:	xiv, 138 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:	Ed Scott's fight for his family farm and racial justice in the Mississippi Delta
Format:	Book

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