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Further Reading

by Geoffrey Sauer last modified 2008-07-30 13:03

Further readings that may be of interest to people interested in this history, region and these topics.

There are 3 references in this bibliography:

Saunders, RL (2007).
"Tent City," Tennessee
Fayette County, Tennessee, sits forty minutes east of Memphis along the Mississippi line. Haywood County adjoins Fayette to the north. These two Tennessee counties battled for voting rights and economic opportunity for over ten years during the national Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Unlike the notable and well-publicised protests in Mississippi, Alabama, and even Memphis, the struggles in Fayette and Haywood counties were carried primarily by local citizens without the publicity or direct assistance of nationally prominent leaders or organizations. The Third UTM Civil Rights Conference focuses on the earliest action in that decade-long fight: the right to vote, an economic boycott, and an ersatz community of refugees called "Tent City."
Webpublished, http://www.utm.edu/organizations/civilrights/tent_city_history.html.

Saunders, RL (2007).
"Of Some Importance, but Uneven and Limited:" External Support for the Local Civil Rights Action in Tennessee's Haywood and Fayette Counties, 1959-1963
Rural blacks in Fayette and Haywood counties began participating in local elections by registering to vote in 1959. Within a year, both counties' minority white popularly set up an economic boycott to drive out to politically active black families. While waiting for federal court action, several small tent communities were established to house evictees. Press coverage and activists travelling beyond west Tennessee encouraged commodity and financial support, which arrived from many groups around the country. This paper considers the variety of contributors and the importance of their aid in the overall movement.
Southern Historian(28):55-73.

Savage, L (2004).
The Battle of Matewan
Lon Savage's site about the struggle between coal miners and operators in Matewan, West Virginia in the 1920s.
Webpublished, http://www.matewan.com/History/battle.htm.