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Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies: Aaron Henry : The Fire Ever Burning by Constance Curry and Aaron Henry (2000, Hardcover)

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Although Aaron Henry (1922-1997) was one of the nation's major grassroots fighters in the freedom movement on local, state, and national levels, his name has not yet been accorded its full recognition. This book reveals why Aaron Henry should be acknowledged, in the ranks of Fannie Lou Hamer and Medgar Evers, as a truly influential crusader. Long before many of his contemporaries, he was a civil rights activist, but he preferred to stay out of the limelight. A certified pharmacist and owner of Fourth Street Drug Store in Clarksdale, he considered himself a down-home businessman who must not leave Mississippi. Although he was a key figure in bringing Head Start, housing, employment, and health service to his state, his tact and his quiet diplomacy garnered him less attention than more radical protesters received. Born in the age of segregation in the Mississippi Delta, the son of a sharecropper, he became state president of the NAACP in 1959. He was able, more than any previous leader, to unite Mississippi blacks, despite diversities of age, ideology, and class, in confronting white supremacy. He spearheaded the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Some activists criticized him for urging protesters to take the middle ground between the NAACP's conservative position and SNCC's militant activism. Facing recurring death threats, thirty-three jailings, and Klan bombings of his home and drugstore, Henry remained stalwart and courageous. John Dittmer describes him as a "conservative militant," willing not only to risk his life but also to compromise on issues of strategy even when doing so led to alienation from outspoken activists. Constance Curry has shaped this personal narrative of a brave and underacknowledged man who helped to change his state forever. To his candid story, transcribed from interviews he gave two young historians in 1965, Curry adds new material from her own interviews with his family, friends, and political associates. Henry's prophetic voice documents a momentous period in African American history that extends from the Great Depression through the civil rights movement in the pivotal 1960s.

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Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-10
1578062128
ISBN-13
9781578062126
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1638330

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Author
Constance Curry, Aaron Henry
Publication Name
Aaron Henry : the Fire Ever Burning
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Series
Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
F350.N4h46 2000
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Aaron Henry was a civil rights hero whom I knew best for his tenacity in breaking through racial discrimination and making sure that African American Democrats had a voice in party politics in Mississippi and in the nation. I applaud Constance Curry for making his story better known., Dr. Aaron Henry was born to a family of sharecroppers on a Mississippi cotton plantation. He went on to change Mississippi's history. Elected president of the Clarksdale NAACP in the early fifties and later serving as state president for over thirty years, he led boycotts, demonstrations, and marches, despite his home and his drugstore being bombed and his wife being fired from her teaching job. Aaron Henry: The Fire Ever Burning will help make Dr. Henry's life a beacon for people around the globe who refuse to accept poverty and discrimination and who join the struggle with hope for a better future., By sharing with us the story of Aaron Henry, Constance Curry deftly brings to light the life of one of the movement's quiet warriors. Aaron Henry: The Fire Ever Burning is a gift to all of us and an important contribution to the history of the struggle for social justice.
Copyright Date
2000
Topic
Discrimination & Race Relations, Civil Rights, General, Social Activists, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Lccn
99-036984
Dewey Decimal
323/.092 B
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science

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