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03263aam a2200481 i 4500 001 B122BCE4F1E611E78A18091E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180105010221 008 130809s2014 msuaf 001 0aeng 010 $a 2013028817 020 $a 1617039667 020 $a 9781617039669 035 $a (OCoLC)855858211 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d YUS $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ms $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us-ms 050 00 $a E185.97.J775 $b A3 2014 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Jordan, David L., $d 1933- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013050274 245 10 $a David L. Jordan : $b from the Mississippi cotton fields to the state senate, a memoir / $c David L. Jordan with Robert L. Jenkins ; foreword by Mike Espy. 264 1 $a Jackson, [Mississippi] : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2014] 300 $a 245 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Willie Morris books in memoir and biography 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Foreword / Mike Espy -- Prologue -- Born into the cotton field -- The struggle for an education -- Till death do us part -- The Emmett Till trial -- Stepping into the movement -- When duty calls -- The depths of my struggle -- A salute to the sixties -- The Greenwood Voters' League -- Wings to fly -- The political scene -- Midnight train to Georgia -- My first political seat -- A bittersweet victory -- Justice across the board -- Allegiance to the flag -- Mississippi blues -- To defend until the end -- Apology accepted -- Not the n***** word -- The right way ... is my way! -- Not until hell freezes over -- Hanging by the threads of justice -- All infection is not gone -- The journey continues ... -- Epilogue. 600 10 $a Jordan, David L., $d 1933- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013050274 650 0 $a African American politicians $z Mississippi $v Biography. 650 0 $a Civil rights workers $z Mississippi $v Biography. 650 0 $a Civil rights movements $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120208 650 0 $a Political participation $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $z Mississippi $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Mississippi $x History $x Political aspects $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Racism $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 600 10 $a Till, Emmett, $d 1941-1955. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87906703 650 0 $a Trials (Murder) $z Sumner. $z Sumner. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 700 1 $a Jenkins, Robert L., $d 1945- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001055166 700 1 $a Espy, Mike, $d 1953- $e author of foreword. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93024059 776 08 $i Online version: $a Jordan, David L., 1933- $t David L. Jordan $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014] $z 9781617039676 $w (DLC) 2013033069 830 0 $a Willie Morris books in memoir and biography. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002055641 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213020906.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B122BCE4F1E611E78A18091E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search