Freedom summer : the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy / Bruce Watson.

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 Nor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Watson, Bruce, 1953-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:	African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:	369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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