The WPA Redeemer Narratives: White Mississippians and Reconstruction Memory in the New Deal Era.
The article explores the works of Works Progress Administration (WPA) in shaping the collective memory of Reconstruction in Mississippi during the 1930s. It highlights the local struggles and personal contributions of formerly enslaved Mississippians to Reconstruction's demise. The WPA redeemer narr...
| Published in: | Journal of Southern History Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 99 - 135 |
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