Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi

Title: Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi
Abstract/Description: Mississippi is the poorest state in the U.S. with the highest percentage of Black people and a history of vicious racial terror. The 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 Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi. The long-awaited release of this seminal anthology will unveil the strategies and methods being pursued by this ongoing movement for Black community control and people-centered economic development.
Author/creator: Nangwaya, Ajamu; Akuno, Kali
Date: 2017
Publisher: Daraja Press
Resource type: en Background/Context
Medium: en Print
Background/context type: en Conceptual
Open access/free-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
Language: en-US
ISBN: 978-0-9953474-5-8; 978-0-9953474-6-5
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (Daraja Press)
Citation: Nangwaya, A., & Akuno, K. (2017). Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi. Daraja Press.
Cited in: The Theory and Practice of Democracy and Community

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