Freedom summer, the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy, Bruce Watson
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Freedom summer, the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy, Bruce Watson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-351) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Freedom summer
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
465330647
Responsibility statement
Bruce Watson
Sub title
the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
Summary
Using in-depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi, while vividly portraying: the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state, the courageous black citizens and Northern volunteers who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life
Table Of Contents
Crossroads. "There is a moral wave building" ; "Not even past" ; Freedom street ; "The decisive battlefield for America" ; "It is sure enough changing" ; "The scars of the system" ; "Another so-called 'freedom day'" -- A bloody peace written in the sky. "Walk together, children" ; "The summer of our discontent" ; "Lay by time" ; "The stuff democracy is made of" ; "Give unto them beauty for ashes"
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Subject
- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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