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02408aam a2200397Ka 4500 001 E68436B2004711E58177F4EFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150522010022 008 101110s2011 nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0143119435 020 $a 9780143119432 035 $a (OCoLC)681497364 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d YDXCP $d NOG $d UBF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d LS@ $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ms 050 14 $a E185.93.M6 $b W285 2011 082 04 $a 323.1196/0730762 $2 22 100 1 $a Watson, Bruce, $d 1953- 245 10 $a Freedom summer : $b the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy / $c Bruce Watson. 260 $a New York : $b Penguin Group USA, $c 2011. 300 $a 369 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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." 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 6 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611022620.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20221102013056.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20200310033937.0 952 $l HLPC845 $d 20180419012859.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20170701010606.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20170622010510.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E68436B2004711E58177F4EFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search