a work of nonfiction
Author: Melissa Fay Greene
ISBN: 9780201550481
An epic of power lost and power won, played out in the Georgia tidewater, Praying for Sheetrock is a heartwarming, boisterous and true story of how the black people of a small town banded together in 1975 to elect a black retired boilermaker as a county commissioner.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Publish Date: 1991-09-03
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of - Georgia - McIntosh County - History - 20th century, Criminal justice, Administration of/ Georgia/ McIntosh County/ History/ 20th century, Criminal justice, Administration of, McIntosh County (Ga.) - Politics and government, McIntosh County (Ga.) - Race relations, McIntosh County (Ga.) - Social conditions, McIntosh County (Ga.), Police corruption - Georgia - McIntosh County - History - 20th century, Police corruption/ Georgia/ McIntosh County/ History/ 20th century, Police corruption, Political corruption - Georgia - McIntosh County - History - 20th century, Political corruption/ Georgia/ McIntosh County/ History/ 20th century, Political corruption, Poppell, Thomas Hardwick, Sheriffs - Georgia - McIntosh County - Biography, Sheriffs, Biography & Autobiography / General, Law / General, Political Science / General, Political Science / Government / State & Provincial, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Black/African American (BLCK))