Brother Outsider, Brother Insider
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Brother Outsider, Brother Insider

A Political Biography of Lawrence Guyot Jr.

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Brother Outsider, Brother Insider

A Political Biography of Lawrence Guyot Jr.

About this book

Lawrence Thomas Guyot Jr. (1939–2012), known simply as “Guyot” (pronounced ghee-aught), was a pivotal yet underrecognized figure in the civil rights movement. As a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary in the 1960s, he battled southern poverty and racism, championing voting rights for Black Mississippians. His leadership in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) highlighted tensions between the MFDP’s electoral goals and SNCC’s more radical stance. Guyot later moved into Washington, DC, politics, working alongside leaders like Marion Barry, shifting from a rural civil rights organizer to an urban political strategist.

Chris Danielson’s nuanced portrayal of Guyot offers a fresh perspective on the civil rights movement. Through Guyot’s activism, Brother Outsider, Brother Insider invites a reassessment of the era and the individuals who shaped it.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Illustrations
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Halftitle Page
  11. Introduction
  12. Chapter 1: Guyot Will Never Do Anything Worthwhile, Anywhere: The Making of an Atypical Activist
  13. Chapter 2: There Was a War Going on, and the War Was a Very Simple One: Guyot and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  14. Chapter 3: Who Is This Lawrence Guyot, Anyway?: The Birth of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  15. Chapter 4: As Satisfying as Sex and as Addictive as Crack: Political Power and Reform after the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  16. Chapter 5: We’ll Stay the Hell Out of the Goddamn Democratic Party: The Failed Quest for Independent Black Political Power
  17. Chapter 6: That’s as Close to a Machine as You Can Get: Fusion and the End of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  18. Chapter 7: You Shouldn’t Let Them Use You: The Washington Years
  19. Conclusion
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index