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Not all Okies are white : the lives of Black cotton pickers in Arizona /

"Vividly revealing the challenges faced by a group of migrant workers who eventually farmed the multiracial town of Randolph, Arizona, Not All Okies Are White is a celebration of the resilience and adaptability of people too often ignored by history texts." "Not All Okies Are White re...

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Main Author: LeSeur, Geta J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Cotton farmers > Arizona > Interviews.
Cotton farmers > Arizona > Biography.
African American agricultural laborers > Arizona > Interviews.
African American agricultural laborers > Arizona > Biography.
collective biographies.
interviews.
Biographies.
Interviews.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:082626221X
9780826262219
9780826212719
0826212719
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • A Note about Rememberin', Tellin', and Writin' / Lynn C. Lewis
  • "There Are Pioneer Souls That Blaze a Path": Dreamin' the West
  • "Men That Press On with the Ardor of Hope"
  • Migrant Places and Randolph, Arizona
  • Sarah Lucille Smith
  • Manuel and Eva Acuna
  • Myrtle Jordan
  • Jeff Jordan
  • "Next to You, We Love Cotton Best!"
  • The Fabric of Black Life
  • Obed C. Fields
  • Nick White
  • Metris White
  • Ron and Pearl Jordan
  • "We Are Sojourner's Daughters"
  • The Casa Grande Valley Cotton Women
  • Parlee Bradley
  • Georgia Rupe
  • Fannie Reece
  • Mamie Selmon
  • Beulah Moore and Christine Moore Fields
  • "Turn Not Away from Their Smiles and Their Tears"
  • Educating Black Migrant Children
  • Matthew and Elgie Batteau
  • Ron Jordan.

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