{"product_id":"a-small-town-rises-a-sharecropper-and-a-college-girl-join-the-struggle-for-justice-in-shaw-mississippi-9781734478815","title":"A Small Town Rises: A Sharecropper and a College Girl Join the Struggle for Justice in Shaw, Mississippi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A story of daring in a time of great danger ... of two unknown heroes working for justice.\"--Dennis Flannigan, Washington State Representative, 2002-2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart biography, part history, part love story, \u003cem\u003eA Small Town Rises\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the lives of two civil rights activists who met in the tiny cotton town of Shaw at the tail end of the Mississippi Summer Project, the voting-rights campaign known as Freedom Summer. Shaw was, like countless segregated towns across the South, a pressure cooker of violent white resistance to the growing civil rights movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two young freedom fighters--sharecropper Eddie Short and recent college grad Mary Sue Gellatly--joined forces in 1964 with local black activist Andrew Hawkins and a host of courageous townspeople to challenge and disrupt the status quo in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Their struggle brought triumph and tragedy to Shaw in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13317309\"\u003eLee Anna Sherman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bog Lily Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734478815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734478810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS056000\"\u003eAfrican American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO002010\"\u003eCultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bog Lily Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42657830502637,"sku":"9781734478815","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6e665df6-9b30-445a-ad3c-44e8fc6bc1fd.jpg?v=1649317715","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-small-town-rises-a-sharecropper-and-a-college-girl-join-the-struggle-for-justice-in-shaw-mississippi-9781734478815","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}