{"product_id":"our-portion-of-hell-fayette-county-tennessee-an-oral-history-of-the-struggle-for-civil-rights-paperback-softback-9781496842350","title":"Our Portion of Hell; Fayette County, Tennessee: an Oral History of the Struggle for Civil Rights (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496842350","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOur Portion of Hell\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFayette County, Tennessee: an Oral History of the Struggle for Civil Rights\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Hamburger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496842350\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages, 29 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Portion of Hell: Fayette County, Tennessee: An Oral History of the Struggle for Civil Rights \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an unrivalled account of how a rural Black community drew together to combat the immense forces aligned against them. Author Robert Hamburger first visited Fayette County as part of a student civil rights project in 1965 and, in 1971, set out to document the history of the grassroots movement there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beginning in 1959, Black residents in Fayette County attempting to register to vote were met with brutal resistance from the white community. Sharecropping families whose names appeared on voter registration rolls were evicted from their homes and their possessions tossed by the roadside. These dispossessed families lived for months in tents on muddy fields, as Fayette County became a \"tent city\" that attracted national attention. The white community created a blacklist culled from voter registration rolls, and those whose names appeared on the list were denied food, gas, and every imaginable service at shops, businesses, and gas stations throughout the county.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hamburger conducted months of interviews with residents of the county, inviting speakers to recall childhood experiences in the \"Old South\" and to explain what inspired them to take a stand against the oppressive system that dominated life in Fayette County. Their stories, told in their own words, make up the narrative of \u003ci\u003eOur Portion of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This reprint edition includes twenty-nine documentary photographs and an insightful new afterword by the author. There, he discusses the making of the book and reflects upon the difficult truth that although the civil rights struggle, once so immediate, has become history, many of the core issues that inspired the struggle remain as urgent as ever.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600616681752,"sku":"9781496842350","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/our-portion-of-hell-fayette-county-tennessee-an-oral-history-of-the-struggle-for-civil-rights-paperback-softback-9781496842350","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}