Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi Contributor(s): Akuno, Kali (Editor), Nangwaya, Ajamu (Editor) |
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ISBN: 099534745X ISBN-13: 9780995347458 Publisher: Daraja Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Political Economy - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy |
Dewey: 976.251 |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.93 lbs) 312 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Locality - Jackson, Mississippi - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Mississippi, the poorest state in the U.S. with the highest percentage of Black people, a history of vicious racial terror and concurrent Black resistance is the backdrop and context for the drama captured in the collection of essays that is Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Self-Determination in Jackson Mississippi. |
Contributor Bio(s): Akuno, Kali: - Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. He is co- editor of this volume along with Ajamu Nangwaya.Nangwaya, Ajamu: - Ajamu Nangwaya, PhD., is an educator, organizer and writer. He is a lecturer in the Institute of Caribbean Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Ajamu is co-editor with Dr. Michael Truscello of the recently published anthology Why Don't The Poor Rise Up? Organizing the Twenty- First Century Resistance. He is co-editor of this volume along with Kali Akuno. |