{"product_id":"we-had-sneakers-they-had-guns-the-kids-who-fought-for-civil-rights-in-mississippi-hardcover","title":"We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Sugarman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one experienced the Freedom Summer of 1964 quite like Tracy Sugarman. As an illustrator and journalist, Sugarman covered the nearly one thousand student volunteers who traveled to the Mississippi Delta to assist black citizens in the South in registering to vote. He interviewed these activists, along with local civil rights leaders and black and white residents not directly involved in the movement, and drew the people and events that made the summer one of the most heroic chapters in America's long march toward racial justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWe Had Sneakers, They Had Guns, \u003c\/i\u003eSugarman chronicles the sacrifices, tragedies, and triumphs of that unprecedented moment in our nation's history. Two white students and one black student were slain in the struggle, many were beaten and hundreds arrested, and churches and homes were burned to the ground by the opponents of equality. Yet the example of Freedom Summer--whites united with heroic black Mississippians to challenge segregation--resonated across the nation. The United States Congress was finally moved to pass the civil rights legislation that enfranchised the millions of black Americans who had been waiting for equal equal rights for a century. Blending oral history with memoir, \u003ci\u003eWe Had Sneakers, They Had Guns\u003c\/i\u003e draws the reader into the lives of the activists, showing their passion and na vet , the bravery of the civil rights leaders, and the candid, sometimes troubling reactions of the black and white Delta residents. Sugarman's unique reportorial art, in word and image, makes this book a vital record of our nation's past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy Sugarman\u003c\/b\u003e is a nationally recognized illustrator whose art has appeared in magazines and books, and has been featured on PBS, ABC TV, NBC TV, and CBS TV. His entire collection of art from World War II has been acquired by the U.S. Library of Congress. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStranger at the Gates: A Summer in Mississippi, My War: A Love Story in Letters and Drawings, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDrawing Conclusions: An Artist Discovers His America, \u003c\/i\u003e the latter published by Syracuse University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722492416063,"sku":"9780815609384","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/103947ebfb9965402d7137a64f3b0e5d.webp?v=1765095937","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/we-had-sneakers-they-had-guns-the-kids-who-fought-for-civil-rights-in-mississippi-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}