Catfish Dream: Ed Scott'S Fight For His Family Farm And Racial Justice In The Mississippi Delta (Southern Foodways Alliance Studies In Culture, People, And Place Ser.) - 9780820353609

Centers around the experiences, family, and struggles of Ed Scott Jr. (1922-2015), a prolific farmer in the Mississippi Delta and the first-ever nonwhite owner and operator of a catfish plant in the nation, ... [who] provides an example for economic mobility and activism in a region of the country that is one of the nation's poorest and has one of the most drastic disparities in education and opportunity, a situation especially true for the Delta's vast African American population--Page [4] of cover.

• | Author: Julian Rankin
• | Publisher: University Of Georgia Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 10, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 0820353604
• | ISBN-13: 9780820353609