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03024cam a2200601 a 4500 001 9A4483F8706711DFABFF6A6EC41A358D 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 091106s2010 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009047211 020 $a 0670021709 020 $a 9780670021703 035 $a (OCoLC)465330647 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UPZ $d C#P $d BWX $d LXY $d SILO 043 $a n-us-mi 050 00 $a E185.93.M6 $b W285 2010 082 00 $a 323.1196/0730762 $2 22 100 1 $a Watson, Bruce, $d 1953- 245 1 $a Freedom summer : $b the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy / $c Bruce Watson. 260 $a New York : $b Viking, $c c2010. 300 $a 369 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a "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'" -- "Walk together, children" -- "The summer of our discontent" -- "Lay by time" -- "The stuff democracy is made of" -- "Give unto them beauty for ashes". 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Civil rights movements $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Civil rights workers $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Mississippi $x History $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 21 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214031909.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220702010841.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722024740.0 952 $l N4AX745 $d 20201013085032.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508015623.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926092714.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006053438.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720035100.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180116144128.0 952 $l URAX314 $d 20170609022800.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418075633.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825062758.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20160407020251.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20151001042025.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20150404014058.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20140619012114.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20131206022304.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20110812011034.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20110512010601.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20101016010434.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20101014011232.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9A4483F8706711DFABFF6A6EC41A358D 994 $a 02 $b LXYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search