SNCC Member | Freedom Rider | Civil Rights Activist-Artist | Poet | Speaker
PUBLICATIONS
While Peggy's new book, "History in My Pocket, Spirit in My Mouth" is available now for purchase (click here),
there are also published books that feature her or her writings/quotes. Some select books are noted below. . .
"Hands On the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts y Women of SNCC" includes an essay by Peggy
"Hands On the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts y Women of SNCC" includes an essay by Peggy
Edited by Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Judy Richardson, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, and Dorothy M. Zellner
(University of Illinois Press)
This award-winning book captures Peggy's story–in the chapter “It Was Simply in My Blood” (see below)–and those of her SNCC sisters. Awards the book has received include: Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change’s National Book Award; the Letitia Woods Brown Book Award (sponsored by the Association of Black Women Historians); and the 42nd NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction (click here for a hardcover, paperback or eBook)
"Hands On the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts y Women of SNCC" includes an essay by Peggy
(Twin Palms Publishers)
by Danny Lyon with Foreword by Julian Bond
This book not only includes SNCC stories, but they’re relayed via the lens of author, Danny Lyon, who was SNCC’s first official staff photographer. Therefore, it features photos of Peggy and her fellow SNCC members. (In fact, she's featured on the cover, in the top center photograph)… (click here for a hardcover, including a first edition or a Danny Lyon autographed edition, for a paperback, click here)