Article
Life in the Delta: An Interview with Willie Booker
Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies
(2009)
Abstract
This is an interview with Mr. Willie Booker, Jr. of Hamburg, Arkansas, discussing race relations and his early career as a county extension agent in Southeast Arkansas. The conversation provides vignettes on Black resistance, autonomy, and survival of white hegemony in the Arkansas Delta.
Keywords
- County Extension,
- Black Resistance,
- Oral History,
- Arkansas Delta,
- Agriculture
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall August, 2009
Citation Information
Jajuan Johnson. "Life in the Delta: An Interview with Willie Booker" Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies Vol. 40 Iss. 2 (2009) p. 114 - 124 ISSN: 0022-8745 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jajuan-johnson/8/