Remember My Sacrifice The Autobiography of Clinton Clark, Tenant Farm Organizer and Early Civil Rights Activist

On the morning of July 27, 1940, police arrested African American labor organizer Clinton Clark during a parishwide rally in Natchitoches, Louisiana. That day, over 800 black farmers and plantation workers made their way to town to protest for fair payments for their crops and equal access to New Deal assistance programs. Though those arrested with him were released after only three days, Clinton remained in jail for three weeks without charges and faced a possible lynching. News of Clark's captivity reached New Orleans labor organizers and spread to national civil liberties groups, making him a public figure among civil rights organizations. Recounting Clark's life in his own words, Remember My Sacrifice is an exceptional first-hand account of the lives of African Americans in rural Louisiana and of Clark's covert efforts to organize sharecroppers and farm workers during the Great Depression.Clark, Clinton is the author of 'Remember My Sacrifice The Autobiography of Clinton Clark, Tenant Farm Organizer and Early Civil Rights Activist', published 2007 under ISBN 9780807132777 and ISBN 0807132772.