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Author:

Watson, Bruce, 1953-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Penguin Group USA,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Civil rights workers--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Mississippi--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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."

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.

ISBN:

0143119435
9780143119432

OCLC:

(OCoLC)681497364

Locations:

HLPC845 -- Alton Public Library (Alton)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)