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9780820341095: Black Boss: Political Revolution in a Georgia County
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ISBN 10: 0820341096 ISBN 13: 9780820341095
Editorial: University of Georgia Press, 2012

Sinopsis

John McCown was a black civil rights worker who achieved great political power and whose career, and life, ended in a swirl of controversy. In 1968, Georgia’s Hancock County became the first county in the United States since Reconstruction to come under black political control, in large part because of the charismatic leadership of McCown, who secured millions in grants from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Ford Foundation, and the East Central Committee for Opportunity.

Eight years later, McCown’s regime ended with his dramatic death and indictments against McCown and his associates on various charges of defrauding the government. Black Boss details the rise and fall of McCown and the continuing effects of his abuse of power on the people of Hancock County. It is a story that Rozier says shows “the good and evil that dwell in us all.”

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Acerca del autor

JOHN ROZIER was a native of Hancock County and served as director of Public Information Services at Emory University. He is also author of The Houses of Hancock, 1785–1865.

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Editorial
University of Georgia Press
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0820341096
ISBN 13 
9780820341095
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
242
Editor
Rozier John
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