Black bodies in the river : searching for Freedom Summer / Davis W. Houck.

"Nearly sixty years after Freedom Summer, its events-especially the lynching of Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Mickey Schwerner-stand out as a critical episode of the civil rights movement. The infamous deaths of these activists dominate not just the history but also the public memory of the Miss...

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Main Author: Houck, Davis W. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2022]
Series:Race, rhetoric, and media series.
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Physical Description:xiii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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