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Southwest Virginia Civil Rights Leader Nannie Berger Hairston: An Oral History
Paperback
Series: American Heritage
20th Century United States HistoryBlack American StudiesRegional: South
Publisher Price: $24.99
ISBN13: 9781467153218
Publisher: History Press
Published: Jan 14 2025
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.11 Depth: 9.03
Language: English
Nannie Berger Hairston was a crusader for justice in twentieth-century Virginia.
Nannie Berger Hairston was born in West Virginia in 1921, half a century after the end of the Civil War. She attended segregated schools, graduated, married and started a family. When Nannie's husband, John, lost his job in the coal mine, the Hairstons moved to Southwest Virginia. It was the height of Jim Crow, and yet, against great odds, she and John became leaders in the community, advocating for civil rights and social justice. Nannie Hairston's advice was sought by the powerless as well as the powerful. At the time of her death in 2017, she had taken her place as an icon for truth, justice and love.
Local author Sheree Scarborough uses Nannie Hairston's own words to tell her story.
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