ROBERT PARRIS MOSES: A Life in Civil Rights and Leadership at the Grassroots

Visser-Maessen, Laura

Published by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2016

About this Item

First edition, first printing.

Fine in a fine dust jacket.

"One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights. As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Moses presented himself as a mere facilitator of grassroots activism rather than a charismatic figure like Martin Luther King Jr. His self-effacing demeanor and his success, especially in steering the events that led to the volatile 1964 Freedom Summer and the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, paradoxically gave him a reputation of nearly heroic proportions. Examining the dilemmas of a leader who worked to cultivate local leadership, historian Laura Visser-Maessen explores the intellectual underpinnings of Moses?s strategy, its achievements, and its struggles."--publisher.

Octavo.
432 pages; Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, and Index.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1775929724391

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROBERT PARRIS MOSES: A Life in Civil Rights and Leadership at the Grassroots
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 2 pounds