They'll Cut Off Your Project: A Mingo County Chronicle Contributor(s): Perry, Huey (Author), Biggers, Jeff (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1933202793 ISBN-13: 9781933202792 Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 Click for more in this series: West Virginia and Appalachia |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Regional Studies - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
Dewey: 975 |
Age Level: 16-22 |
Grade Level: 11-17 |
Series: West Virginia and Appalachia |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.65" W x 8.24" L (0.85 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Chronological Period - 1960's |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 60 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In old England, if a king didn't like you, he would cut off your head. Now, if they don't like you, they'll cut off your project As the Johnson Administration initiated its war on poverty in the 1960s, the Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project was established in southern West Virginia. Huey Perry, a young, local history teacher was named the director of this program and soon he began to promote self-sufficiency among low-income and vulnerable populations. As the poor of Mingo County worked together to improve conditions, the local political infrastructure felt threatened by a shift in power. Bloody Mingo County, known for its violent labor movements, corrupt government, and the infamous Hatfield-McCoy rivalry, met Perry's revolution with opposition and resistance. In They'll Cut Off Your Project, Huey Perry reveals his efforts to help the poor of an Appalachian community challenge a local regime. He describes this community's attempts to improve school programs and conditions, establish cooperative grocery stores to bypass inflated prices, and expose electoral fraud. Along the way, Perry unfolds the local authority's hostile backlash to such change and the extreme measures that led to an eventual investigation by the FBI. They'll Cut Off Your Project chronicles the triumphs and failures of the war on poverty, illustrating why and how a local government that purports to work for the public's welfare cuts off a project for social reform. |
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