Freedom summer the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
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...
| Main Author: | Watson, Bruce, 1953- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Viking,
c2010.
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