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Black electoral politics in Mississippi
Black Power in Mississippi
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Catholics and the civil rights movement
Charles Evers
civil rights biography
civil rights movement in Greenwood
civil rights movement in Hattiesburg
Civil rights movement in Mississippi
D.C.
D.C. African-American politics
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Fannie Lou Hamer
Freedom Summer
Hunter Morey
Marion Barry administration
Mississippi
Mississippi Congressional Challenge
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi Gulf Coast history
Mitch Snyder
Pass Christian
Race in Washington
Robert Moses of SNCC
Stokeley Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Mississippi
Sunflower County
Tougaloo College in the civil rights movement
Victoria Grey Adams
Washington
Product details
- ISBN 9781469685779
- Dimensions: 155 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2025
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Lawrence Thomas Guyot Jr. (1939–2012), known simply as "Guyot" (pronounced ghee-aught), was a pivotal yet underrecognized figure in the civil rights movement. As a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary in the 1960s, he battled southern poverty and racism, championing voting rights for Black Mississippians. His leadership in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) highlighted tensions between the MFDP's electoral goals and SNCC's more radical stance. Guyot later moved into Washington, DC, politics, working alongside leaders like Marion Barry, shifting from a rural civil rights organizer to an urban political strategist.
Chris Danielson's nuanced portrayal of Guyot offers a fresh perspective on the civil rights movement. Through Guyot's activism, Brother Outsider, Brother Insider invites a reassessment of the era and the individuals who shaped it.
Chris Danielson's nuanced portrayal of Guyot offers a fresh perspective on the civil rights movement. Through Guyot's activism, Brother Outsider, Brother Insider invites a reassessment of the era and the individuals who shaped it.
Chris Danielson is professor of history at Montana Technological University.
