The Nine O'Clock Whistle by Willa Cofield
On August 28, 1963, hundreds of people protested racist norms and practices in Enfield, North Carolina, including the sounding of a siren on Saturday nights meant to order Black residents to leave the downtown streets at nine o’clock. This book covers a range of historically and contextually significant stories surrounding the protest movement.-
Pieces of Freedom
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The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer
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African American Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas
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A Songbook of Slavery and Emancipation
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Forging Freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's Twilight Years
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Activism in the Name of God
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The Speeches of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner
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Perspectives on Percival Everett
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City Son
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Black Saturation
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Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos
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Visionary Women Writers of Chicago's Black Arts Movement
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Can’t Stand Still
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Black and More Than Black
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Labor Pains
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Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought
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Passing in the Works of Charles W. Chesnutt
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All Stories Are True
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The Postwar African American Novel
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In the Lion's Mouth
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Borders of Equality
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Fame to Infamy
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This Woman's Work
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Shadowing Ralph Ellison
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The African American Sonnet
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African American Haiku
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Rediscovering Frank Yerby
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Making a Way Out of No Way
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Black Intellectual Thought in Modern America
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Unexpected Places
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The Souls of White Folk
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The Politics of Paul Robeson's Othello
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African American Preachers and Politics
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Raised Up Down Yonder
Willa Cofield is a retired educator with a deep devotion to community uplift. She previously held positions at the North Carolina Fund, Livingston College, and the New Jersey Department of Education. She produced The Brick School Legacy, and, with Karen Riley, The Nine O’clock Whistle.
Cynthia Samuelson spent more than twenty-five years leading public and private information technology services organizations. She formerly worked for the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Mildred Sexton retired after forty-three years as an educator, having worked for the Halifax County, North Carolina, public schools; the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice; Hampton University; Old Dominion University; and the Hampton, Virginia, city schools.
Cynthia Samuelson spent more than twenty-five years leading public and private information technology services organizations. She formerly worked for the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Mildred Sexton retired after forty-three years as an educator, having worked for the Halifax County, North Carolina, public schools; the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice; Hampton University; Old Dominion University; and the Hampton, Virginia, city schools.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781496852380 |
| ISBN 10 | 1496852389 |
| Title | The Nine O'Clock Whistle |
| Author | Willa Cofield |
| Series | Margaret Walker Alexander Series In African American Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University Press of Mississippi |
| Year published | 2025-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 277 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |