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This Part of the Country Really Was Hell!
Robert Hamburger wrote this book in 1973. He went to Fayette County, TN in 1965 as a civil rights worker and stayed a week with two of the people in the book, Harper and Minnie Jameson. Fayette County is to the East of Memphis, and it has about 42K residents. The book tells the story of the Blacks in Fayette County through speeches that the author heard from many folks. They discuss the time period from 1959 to the early 70s, The author did a good job of discussing the key fo
Jun 4, 20242 min read
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