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Freedom Summer : The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy by Bruce Watson (2010, Hardcover)

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A majestic history of the summer of '64, which forever changed race relations in America In the summer of 1964, with the civil rights movement stalled, seven hundred college students descended on Mississippi to register black voters, teach in Freedom Schools, and live in sharecroppers' shacks. But by the time their first night in the state had ended, three volunteers were dead, black churches had burned, and America had a new definition of freedom. This remarkable chapter in American history, the basis for the controversial film Mississippi Burning , is now the subject of Bruce Watson's thoughtful and riveting historical narrative. Using in- depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi and the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state. Freedom Summer presents finely rendered portraits of 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. Few books have provided such an intimate look at race relations during the deadliest days of the Civil Rights movement, and Freedom Summer will appeal to readers of Taylor Branch and Doug Blackmon.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670021709
ISBN-13
9780670021703
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79879197

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Book Title
Freedom Summer : the Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
Author
Bruce Watson
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, African American
Publication Year
2010
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
384 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
E185.93.M6w285 2010
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
"An amazing account of one pivotal summer in the history of civil rights...with a thriller's pacing, the book forcefully describes the depravity and treachery behind the bombings, beatings and intimidation...and shows the physical and emotional costs of such a fight." -The Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Engrossing" -The Economist, "Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude." - Washington Post "Remarkable...a well-researched, vivid retelling of the 1964 civil rights crusade to put Mississippi's 200,000 disenfranchised blacks on the voting rolls...[an] important book." - San Francisco Chronicle "Elegantly written...A fascinating look at ordinary people at their best and worst...Riveting." - Richmond Times-Dispatch "An amazing account of one pivotal summer in the history of civil rights...with a thriller's pacing, the book forcefully describes the depravity and treachery behind the bombings, beatings and intimidation...and shows the physical and emotional costs of such a fight." - The Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Engrossing" - The Economist, "Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude." - Washington Post "Remarkable...a well-researched, vivid retelling of the 1964 civil rights crusade to put Mississippi''s 200,000 disenfranchised blacks on the voting rolls...[an] important book." - San Francisco Chronicle "Elegantly written...A fascinating look at ordinary people at their best and worst...Riveting." - Richmond Times-Dispatch "An amazing account of one pivotal summer in the history of civil rights...with a thriller''s pacing, the book forcefully describes the depravity and treachery behind the bombings, beatings and intimidation...and shows the physical and emotional costs of such a fight." - The Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Engrossing" - The Economist, "Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude." -Washington Post "Remarkable...a well-researched, vivid retelling of the 1964 civil rights crusade to put Mississippi's 200,000 disenfranchised blacks on the voting rolls...[an] important book." -San Francisco Chronicle "Elegantly written...A fascinating look at ordinary people at their best and worst...Riveting." -Richmond Times-Dispatch "An amazing account of one pivotal summer in the history of civil rights...with a thriller's pacing, the book forcefully describes the depravity and treachery behind the bombings, beatings and intimidation...and shows the physical and emotional costs of such a fight." -The Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Engrossing" -The Economist
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-047211
Dewey Decimal
323.1196/0730762
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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