Description: A new edition of an autobiography that chronicles the everyday conflicts, losses, and triumphs of the civil rights struggle
Brief description: Vera Pigee (1924-2007) managed Pigee's Beauty Salon in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and worked as a civil rights activist, serving as branch secretary to the Coahoma County chapter of the NAACP, a chapter she helped organize with Aaron Henry. She was an advisor to the Mississippi state NAACP Youth Council, taught citizenship classes, trained activists, and ran voter registration drives. She later became an ordained Baptist minister.
Review Quotes: The Struggle of Struggles is a must-read for anyone interested in civil rights, Mississippi, and women's history.--Tiyi M. Morris, associate professor of African American and African studies, The Ohio State University at Newark