Download or read book From the Mississippi Delta written by Endesha Ida Mae Holland and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil rights activist and playwright Endesha Holland relates her poverty-stricken childhood in Greenwood, Mississippi, her chance meeting with Robert Moses and subsequent involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, her tours in the North to publicize atrocities in the South, her pursuit of a Ph.D., and her discovery of her talents as a playwright.