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From the Mississippi Delta: A Memoir

From the Mississippi Delta: A Memoir


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Holland's mother, a respected "granny midwife, " instilled in her children a proud heritage: to have a dream, to aspire to "be Somebody." But in a time and place where poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment were the norm for black people, the advice wasn't easy to live by. After being raped by a white employer on her eleventh birthday, Holland - known as "Cat" - began to rebel openly, turning to prostitution and running into trouble with the law. Little did she know how dramatically her life would change the day she followed a prospective client into what turned out to be the local headquarters of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The stranger was Robert Moses, who had been instrumental in bringing the Civil Rights Movement to Greenwood. With a drive to register black voters in full swing, SNCC desperately needed the help of literate local people. Suddenly the "troublemaker" found herself becoming a leader, thanks to the fearlessness and determination that had only gotten her into trouble in the past. After being introduced to Dr. Martin Luther King, Holland toured the North on behalf of SNCC to publicize the ongoing atrocities in the South. But in the wake of her victories as an activist, tragedy struck. A firebomb tore through Holland's Greenwood home, taking the life of her beloved mother. In 1965, Holland left the Mississippi Delta and reinvented herself yet again - this time as a scholar. Along the way to her Ph.D., she discovered her talent as a playwright and added to her name the Swahili "Endesha, " which means "she who drives herself and others forward." Every stop of Holland's remarkable journey is testimony to the triumph of perseverance over circumstance and tothe redemptive power of love and forgiveness.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780684810119
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster
  • Height: 254 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 635 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0684810115
  • Publisher Date: 03 Jan 1998
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Memoir
  • Width: 165 mm


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