This book tells the story of Ivory Perry, a black worker and community activist who, for more than thirty years, has distributed the leaflets, carried the picket signs, and planned and participated in the confrontations that were essential to the success of protest movements. Using oral histories and extensive archival research, George Lipsitz examines the culture of opposition through the events of Perry's life of commitment and illumines the social and political changes and conflicts that have convulsed the United States during the past fifty years.
| ISBN: | 9781566393218 |
| Publication date: | 10th February 1995 |
| Author: | George Lipsitz |
| Publisher: | Temple University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 308 pages |
| Series: | Critical Perspectives on the Past |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Ethnic studies |
This book tells the story of Ivory Perry, a black worker and community activist who, for more than thirty years, has distributed the leaflets, carried the picket signs, and planned and participated in the confrontations that were essential to the success of protest movements. Using oral histories and extensive archival research, George Lipsitz examines the culture of opposition through the events of Perry's life of commitment and illumines the social and political changes and conflicts that have convulsed the United States during the past fifty years.
A Life in the Struggle features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Ethnic studies
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A Life in the Struggle was written by George Lipsitz and published by Temple University Press
A Life in the Struggle has 308 pages
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