A civil rights movement activist who helped usher in a new era in
Mississippi politics will talk about her experiences, March 18 at The
University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
Sue [Lorenzi]
Sojourner will present "The Story of 'Thunder of Freedom,' from the
Congressional Challenge to the 1967 Elections" along with Cheryl Reitan
at 5 p.m. in the university's Polymer Science Auditorium, room 101.
Admission is free. Sojourner and Reitan will sign copies of their book, Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi following their presentation.
During
1964-69, Sojourner was a community organizer in Holmes County, Miss.
and worked in the campaign to elect Robert Clark, Mississippi's first
black legislator since Reconstruction. Thunder of Freedomis her memoir of that momentous period in Mississippi history.
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