From the Mississippi Delta A Memoir Author:Endesha Ida Mae Holland After being raped by a white employer at the age of 11, Holland became a rebel, turning to prostitution and delinquency. But when she stumbled across the civil rights movement she found herself developing in to a leader-only to encounter the cruelest retribution at the hands of white bigots that she could ever have imagined.
This is a really great book. This woman is amazing. She pulled herself out of prostitution among other things and educated herself and became a very highly respected person. A great read.