Catfish Dream: Ed Scott's Fight For His Family Farm And Racial Justice In The Mississippi Delta (Southern Foodways Alliance Studies In Culture, People, And Place Ser.)

Explores "the experiences, family, and struggles of Ed Scott Jr. (born in 1922), a prolific farmer in the Mississippi Delta and the first-ever nonwhite owner and operator of a catfish plant in the nation, ... [who] provides an example for economic mobility and activism in a region of the country that is one of the nation's poorest and has one of the most drastic disparities in education and opportunity, a situation especially true for the Delta's vast African American population"--Back cover.

• | Author: Julian Rankin
• | Publisher: University Of Georgia Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 10, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 0820353590
• | ISBN-13: 9780820353593