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03124cam a2200517 a 4500 001 9D87484E2B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20150520012456 008 051129s2006 nyu b 000 0aeng 010 $a 2005034953 020 $a 9780609610602 020 $a 0609610600 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d C#P $d OCLCA $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BUR $d IOJ $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ms 050 00 $a F350.N4 $b B58 2006 082 00 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Blackwell, Unita, $d 1933- 245 1 $a Barefootin' : $b life lessons from the road to freedom / $c Unita Blackwell ; with JoAnne Pritchard Morris. 246 3 $a Barefooting 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Crown Publishers, $c c2006. 300 $a xi, 258 p. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a In 1933, Unita Blackwell was born in a tiny Mississippi town where living was as hard as it gets. She grew up in a sharecropping family and left school at age twelve to make a living. But Unita was forever changed in 1964 when civil rights workers came to her town. Electrified, she transformed her life from despair to hope, and here she details her inspirational rise from poverty to power, from silence to outspokenness, from oppression to freedom. From her rebirth as a social activist to her tenure as mayor of her home town, to her work as an international peacemaker and presidential advisor, here are all the unlikely turns of Unita's remarkable life. The lessons she shares affirm and motivate us all, whether it's to remember that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, that world-changing movements are the result of many small steps, or that freedom means taking responsibility for our own lives and helping to make the world a better place for all.--From publisher description. 600 10 $a Blackwell, Unita, $d 1933- 650 0 $a African American women civil rights workers $z Mississippi $v Biography. 650 0 $a Civil rights workers $z Mississippi $v Biography. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Civil rights movements $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Mississippi $x Race relations. 650 0 $a Women mayors $z Mayersville $z Mayersville $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mayors $z Mayersville $z Mayersville $v Biography. 651 0 $a Mayersville (Miss.) $v Biography. 700 1 $a Morris, JoAnne Prichard. 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005034953.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2005034953-b.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2005034953-s.html 941 $a 5 952 $l 0YSX353 $d 20220315010459.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823065956.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150422011434.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20110618013123.0 952 $l OTAX626 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D87484E2B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOJInitiate Another SILO Locator Search