Hattiesburg

An American City in Black and White

Hattiesburg
William Sturkey
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Paperback
h210 x 140mm - 456pg
29 Jan 2021 US
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9780674248274
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Winner of the 2020 Z? ? calo Public Square Book Prize? Clear-eyed and meticulous? While depicting the terrors of Jim Crow, [Sturkey] also shows how Hattiesburg' s black residents, forced to forge their own communal institutions, laid the organizational groundwork for the civil rights movement of the ' 50s and ' 60s. ? ? New York Times? Sturkey' s magnificent portrait reminds us that Mississippi is no anachronism. It is the dark heart of American modernity. ? ? Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious MonkIf you really want to understand Jim Crow? what it was and how African Americans rose up to defeat it? you should start by visiting Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the heart of the historic black downtown. There you can see remnants of the shops and churches where, amid the violence and humiliation of segregation, men and women gathered to build a remarkable community. William Sturkey introduces us to both old-timers and newcomers who arrived in search of economic opportunities promised by the railroads, sawmills, and factories of the New South. And he takes us across town into the homes of white Hattiesburgers to show how their lives were shaped by the changing fortunes of the Jim Crow South.
Illuminating. . . Sturkey' s clear-eyed and meticulous book pulls off a delicate balancing act. While depicting the terrors of Jim Crow, he also shows how Hattiesburg' s black residents, forced to forge their own communal institutions, laid the organizational groundwork for the civil rights movement of the ' 50s and ' 60s. * New York Times * Hattiesburg is where racial democracy meets white supremacy, where technology meets nature, where old slavery money meets the indebted sharecropper, where imagination meets the unimaginable, where the ballot meets the bullet. Sturkey' s magnificent portrait reminds us that Mississippi is no anachronism. It is the dark heart of American modernity. -- Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was the quintessential New South city, built on the promise of quick cash and persistent oppression. In this brilliantly braided history, William Sturkey shows how African Americans made it into a place of opportunity, community, resilience, and rebellion. Hattiesburg is an insightful, powerful, and moving book. -- Kevin Boyle, author of Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age Sturkey' s beautifully written portrait of Hattiesburg, Mississippi-from its founding after the Civil War through the emergence of the modern civil rights movement-offers a fresh history of Jim Crow' s development and decline, unlike any other I have read. Sturkey features people with agency, acting to shape their lives and improve their community, while showing how these individuals were acting within the context of broad economic trends related to war, depression, migration, and more. A wonderfully compelling book. -- Emilye Crosby, author of A Little Taste of Freedom: The Black Freedom Struggle in Claiborne County, Mississippi In this masterful biography of an American place, Sturkey compels us to look anew at the world made by white supremacy and remade by the black freedom struggle. Hattiesburg is a timely reminder of how much remains to be said about our shared, segregated past, and few have said more in a single book than this author. This bold, imaginative book is essential reading for anyone seeking to fathom Jim Crow' s rise, fall, and resilience-in Mississippi and well beyond. -- Jason Morgan Ward, author of Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and America' s Civil Rights Century Hattiesburg is not connected in the popular mind with civil rights history in the way of Selma and Montgomery, but Sturkey' s vibrant history makes a strong case that, to understand how the civil rights movement emerged, it' s essential to spend time there. * Publishers Weekly * When they are at their best, historians craft powerful, compelling, often genre-changing pieces of history. . . William Sturkey is one of those historians. . . A brilliant, poignant work of history. . . Shows us-in a powerful way-the utility of taking a longer, more systematic view of the Jim Crow period. * Journal of African American History * Sturkey provides a moving account of the evil of white supremacy. * Choice *
William Sturkey is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches courses on African American history and the history of the American South. His previous book was To Write in the Light of Freedom, coedited with Jon Hale. Hattiesburg won the 2020 Zocalo Book Prize.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780674248274
Published: 29 Jan 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: The Belknap Press
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 456

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