Black Life in Mississippi

Black Life in Mississippi

Essays on Political, Social, and Cultural Studies in a Deep South State

by Julius Eric Thompson

298 pages· 2001· ISBN 9780761819226
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Six essays explore the life and culture of Black Mississippians between the 1860s and the 1980s, focusing on politics and leadership as embodied by Hiram Rhodes Revels; efforts to develop the newspaper, newsletter, and magazine as media of mass communications in the state; the geographical location of lynch victims; education as expressed in the size and distribution of graduates at Alcorn State University; and the social and cultural significance of poets. c. Book News Inc.

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