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001 2009047211
003 DLC
005 20110112081827.0
008 091106s2010 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aE185.93.M6$bW285 2010
082 00 $a323.1196/0730762$222
100 1 $aWatson, Bruce,$d1953-
245 10 $aFreedom summer :$bthe savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy /$cBruce Watson.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bViking,$cc2010.
300 $a369 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-351) and index.
505 0 $aCrossroads. "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 $aUsing 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 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zMississippi$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xSuffrage$zMississippi$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCivil rights movements$zMississippi$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCivil rights workers$zMississippi$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aMississippi$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009047211-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009047211-d.html